TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Preface and Abstract ii 



I. Introduction 1 



II. Historical review 3 



III. The differential equation of horizontal mass 



transport 7 



IV. The "zero layer" in the Atlantic Ocean 12 



V. A simple model of a stratified ocean 17 



VI. Notes on the influence of the wind 19 



VII. The hydrostatic mass compensation 3 . . 23 



VIII. The coefficient of internal friction (r) 31 



IX. The wind stress at the sea surface 36 



X. Conclusions, and remarks on the model of the wind 



driven ocean circulation 42 



XI. Outline of future work 48 



Acknowledgments 51 



References 52 



