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SUBJECT INDEX 



Convergence (cont.): 



Subtropical, 85, 156 



Tropical, 85, 184, 195 

 ''Core method," 91 



Currents {see also Circulation, Wind 

 currents) : 



actual, 109-111 



caused directly by wind, 92, 123 



computation of, 97, 105-108, 112 



convection, vertical, 83, 89, 153, 154 



in stratified water, 103-105 

 illustrated, 104, 105 



mass transport by, 114 



observations of, 44-48 



related to distribution of density, 92 



relative, 105-108, 113 



rip, 147 



slope, 108, 133 



surface of no motion, 109-111 



thermodynamics of, 150 



tidal, 92 



units employed, 44 



volume transport by, 114 



D 



Davidson Current, 78, 79, 204 

 Deep Water, 155, 211 



Antarctic Circumpolar, 210, 215 

 formation, 83, 84 

 Indian Ocean, 214, 215 

 Mediterranean, 157 

 North Atlantic: 



formation, 156, 177 



illustrated, 213 



influence of Mediterranean Water, 



211 

 renewal of, 173 

 spreading of, 186 

 table, 170 

 Norwegian Sea, 157 

 Pacific, 215-217 

 - formation, 215 

 Polar Sea, 157 

 Red Sea, 157 

 regions of formation, 163 



illustrated, 158 

 table, 212 

 Deflecting force of earth's rotation, 93 

 Density, 10, 11 



computation of, 12 

 general distribution, 82-85 

 in situ, 12 

 maximum, 8, 15 



function of salinity, illustrated, 14 

 Depth of frictional resistance, 124 

 Diffusion {see also Eddy diffusivity), 8, 

 16, 18 

 in the air, 63 



Divergence: 



caused by wind, 131, 132 



near Antarctic Continent, 207, 208 



regions of, 85 

 Drift bottles, 44, 45 

 Dynamic depth, 98 



anomalies of, 101-103 

 table, 102 

 Dynamic meter, 98 



E 



Earthquake waves, 147 



East Greenland Current, 170, 174-176 



ice carried by, 221 



illustrated, 175 

 Eddy coefficients, 13, 16 

 Eddy conductivity, 8, 19, 20 



effect of stability on, 20 



horizontal, 20, 26 

 table, 25 



in the air, 61, 62 



numerical values, 22 

 table, 24 

 Eddy diffusivity, 20, 21, 26 



in the air, 63 



numerical values, 22 

 table, 24 

 Eddy viscosity, 118 



definition, 18 



horizontal, 18, 21, 26 

 table, 25 



influence of stability, 21 



numerical values, 22, 126 

 table, 23 

 Ekman current meter, 46-48 



illustrated, 47 

 Ekman spiral, 125 



illustrated, 125 

 Ekman water bottle, 41, 43 

 Electric conductivity, 8, 9, 17 

 El Nino Current, 191, 192 

 Equations: 



continuity, 96 



dj'^namic energy, 97 



motion, 93, 95 



thermodynamic energy, 97 

 Equatorial Countcrcurrent: 



Atlantic, 183-185 

 illustrated, 171, 182 



djniamics of, 123, 183 



Indian Ocean, 188 



Pacific Ocean, 193-196 

 illustrated, 193, 205 

 Equatorial currents {see North and South 



Equatorial Currents) 

 Equatorial Water, 100 



distribution, 160, 162 

 illustrated, 158 



