Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Guide to the book and how to make the best use of it
- Symbols
- 1 Introduction to the shelf seas
- 2 Physical forcing of the shelf seas: what drives the motion of ocean?
- 3 Response to forcing: the governing equations and some basic solutions
- 4 Waves, turbulent motions and mixing
- 5 Life in the shelf seas
- 6 Seasonal stratification and the spring bloom
- 7 Interior mixing and phytoplankton survival in stratified environments
- 8 Tidal mixing fronts: their location, dynamics and biological significance
- 9 Regions of freshwater influence (ROFIs)
- 10 The shelf edge system
- 11 Future challenges in shelf seas
- Glossary
- Answers to chapter problems
- References
- Index
- Plate section
3 - Response to forcing: the governing equations and some basic solutions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Guide to the book and how to make the best use of it
- Symbols
- 1 Introduction to the shelf seas
- 2 Physical forcing of the shelf seas: what drives the motion of ocean?
- 3 Response to forcing: the governing equations and some basic solutions
- 4 Waves, turbulent motions and mixing
- 5 Life in the shelf seas
- 6 Seasonal stratification and the spring bloom
- 7 Interior mixing and phytoplankton survival in stratified environments
- 8 Tidal mixing fronts: their location, dynamics and biological significance
- 9 Regions of freshwater influence (ROFIs)
- 10 The shelf edge system
- 11 Future challenges in shelf seas
- Glossary
- Answers to chapter problems
- References
- Index
- Plate section
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012