Analytical and numerical studies of ocean circulation

Abstract

This report, while concerning primarily those analytical and numerical models of quasi‐steady circulation of the oceans and adjacent seas, also recognizes similar important studies pertaining to lakes, estuaries, and the continental shelf. (Note, however, that coastal upwelling studies are covered in a separate report.) The accompanying bibliography includes representative papers from abroad as well as from the United States. Several review papers are included with the new contributions, published since the beginning of 1971; moreover, the list includes some papers that this reporter is aware of which will be published in 1975. Several of the latter, although carrying the date 1975, are papers presented at the Symposium on Numerical Models of Ocean Circulation which was held in October 1972, at Durham, New Hampshire; the proceedings will appear as a publication of the U.S. National Academy of Science.