Contents xiii 



Chapter Ten 



FLUCTUATIONS IN THE CURRENTS 136 



The Dynamics of the Florida Current — Irregular Fluctua- 

 tions in Transport of the Florida Current — Seasonal 

 Fluctuations of the Gulf Stream Northeast of Cape Hat- 

 teras — Theoretical Studies of Transient Currents — Long- 

 Period Fluctuations in the Gulf Stream 



Chapter Eleven 



ROLE OF THE THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION 153 



The Vorticity Equation for the Central Ocean, Wind 

 Stress Only — The Vorticity Equation with a Thermo- 

 haline Process — The Transport of the Western Currents — 

 Wind-driven and Thermohaline Circulations in a Rect- 

 angular Ocean — Transport Calculations from Hydro- 

 graphic Data from the Atlantic Ocean — A Hypothetical 

 Analysis of the Geostrophic Transports in the Atlantic 

 Ocean — Weaknesses and Difficulties in the Present Ther- 

 mohaUne Hypothesis 



Chapter Twelve 



CONCLUDING REMARKS 173 



Justification for Treating the Gulf Stream System as an 

 Entity — Chmate and the Gulf Stream — Some Remarks 

 of a Polemical Nature 



Appendix One 



GLOSSARY OF SYMBOLS 179 



Appendix Two 



SOURCES OF DATA 182 



Appendix Three 



SIGMA-T VALUES 185 



Bibliography 186 



Index 199 



