Deep Convection and Deep Water Formation in the Oceans, Proceedings of the International Monterey Colloquium on Deep Convection and Deep Water Formation in the Oceans

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Introduction (J.C. Gascard, C.A. Collins). Geophysics of Deep Convection and Deep Water Formation in Oceans (P.C. Chu). Two Stable Modes of Southern Ocean Winter Stratification (A.L. Gordon). Open Ocean Convection in the Southern Ocean (D.G. Martinson). Relict Convective Features in the Weddell Sea (R.D. Muench). Forced Convection in the Upper Ocean Near Fram Strait in Later Winter (M.G. McPhee). Eddy-Related Winter Convection in the Boreas Basin (O.M. Johannessen, S. Sandven, J.A. Johannessen). Upper Ocean Structures in the South-Western Iceland Sea: A Preliminary Report (J.C. Scott, P.D. Killworth). An Approach to Brine and Freshwater Fluxes Interpreted from Radar and Microwave Radiometer Data (F.D. Carsey). Formation of Baffin Bay Bottom and Deep Waters (R.H. Bourke, R.G. Paquette). Open Ocean Convection and Deep Water Formation Revisited in the Mediterranean, Labrador, Greenland, and Weddell Seas (J.C. Gascard). Equatorward Currents in Temperatures 1.8 - 6.0 #C on the Continental Slope in the Mid-Atlantic Bight (D.R. Watts). Enhancements to Deep Turbulent Entrainment (R.W. Garwood, Jr.). Convection in Lake Baikal: An Example of Thermobaric Instability (E.C. Carmack, R.F. Weiss). The Northern Adriatic Sea as a Prototype of Convection and Water Mass Formation on the Continental Shelf (P. Malanotte-Rizzoli). Thermohaline-Driven Deep Water Formation in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea (G. Madec, M. Crepon). Vertical Cells Driven by Vortices: A Possible Mechanism for the Preconditioning of Open-Ocean Deep Convection (P.C. Chu). Modeling the Geostrophic Adjustment and Spreading of Waters Formed by Deep Convection (A.J. Hermann, W.B. Owens). A Buoyancy-Driven Thermocline Model (W.K. Dewar). Non-Hydrostatic Ocean Modelling for Studies of Open-Ocean Deep Convection (R. Brugge, H.L. Jones, J.C. Marshall). Convection in the Labrador Sea: Community Modelling Effort (CME) Results (E.D. Skyllingstad, D.W. Denbo, J. Downing). Small and Mesoscale Convection as Observed in the Laboratory (J.A. Whitehead). Meteorological Triggers for Deep Convection in the Greenland Sea (P.S. Guest, K.L. Davidson). Some Early Results of the Humidity Exchange over the Sea Main Experiment (S.D. Smith).