Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 5 ( 1 9 8 1 ) 3 0 9 - - 3 1 0 309 Elsevier Scient i f ic Publ i sh ing C o m p a n y , A m s t e r d a m - - P r in ted in The Ne the r l ands

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Research Papers The dynamics of baroc l in ic and b a r o t r o p i c sol i tary eddies

G.R. Flierl (Cambr idge , MA, U.S.A.) , V.D. Larichev, G.M. Rezn ik (Moscow, U.S.S.R.) and J.C. McWill iams (Boulder , CO, U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

An app l i ca t ion of equ iva len t m o d o n s to a t m o s p h e r i c b lock ing J.C. McWill iams (Boulder , CO, U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Book Reviews Turbulent Fluxes through the Sea Surface, Wave Dynamics and Prediction by A.

Favre and K. Hasse lmann (Ed i to r s ) - - R.W. S t ewar t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Man's Impact on Climate by W. Bach, J. P a n k r a t h and W. Kellogg (Ed i to r s ) - - T.M.L.

Wigley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Publisher's Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Research Papers Effec t of a wes t e rn b o u n d a r y e d d y field o n mid -ocean c i rcu la t ion

P.P. Niiler (Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 The e f fec t of t o p o g r a p h y o n t he s tab i l i ty of a b a r o t r o p i c coas ta l c u r r e n t

I.L. Collings (Waurn Ponds , Vic., Aus t ra l ia ) and R. G r i m s h a w (Parkville, Vic., Aus t ra l ia ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Phase-averaged resul t s of wave-fol lower m e a s u r e m e n t s of t u r b u l e n t shear f low above wa te r waves S.P. Chao (S t an fo rd , CA, U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

A no t e o n a semicirc le t h e o r e m R.R. Hall (New Haven, CT, U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Select ive w i thd rawa l of r o t a t i n g s t ra t i f ied f luid J .A. W h i t e h e a d Jr . (Woods Hole, MA, U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Corrigendum A global o c e a n - - a t m o s p h e r e c l imate m o d e l w i th seasonal va r i a t ion for fu tu re

s tudies of c l imate sens i t iv i ty S. Manabe , K. Bryan and M.J. S p e l m a n (P r ince ton , NJ, U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Book Reviews Numerical Modelling o f Marine Hydrodynamics. Applications to Dynamic Physical

Processes by H.G. R a m m i n g and Z. Kowal ik - - J .C.J. N ihou l . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Estuarine Hydrography and Sedimentation. A Handbook by K.R. Dyer (Ed i to r ) - -

J. S i m p s o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Hydrodynamics o f Lakes by W.H. Gra f and C.H. M o r t i m e r (Ed i to r s ) - - H.L. Gol-

t e r m a n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Klimaschwankungen. Verstiindliche Wissenschaft by C.D. Schbnwiesse - - E. E l o m a a 142 Upwelling Ecosystems by R. Boje and M. T o m c z a k (Ed i to r s ) - - M. Barnes . . . . . . . 143

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Research Papers The in f luence of t h e r m o c l i n e s lope on equa to r i a l t h e r m o c l i n e d i sp l acemen t

R.L. Hughes (Melbourne , Vic., Aus t ra l ia ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 A so lu t ion t e c h n i q u e for deep baroc l in ic ro t a t i ng f lows

R.L. Hughes (Melbourne , Vic., Aus t ra l ia ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 E d d y f luxes and m e a n f low t endenc ie s in open-ocean baroc l in ic ins tab i l i ty

P.D. Ki l lwor th (Cambr idge , Gt. Br i ta in) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Beta-dispers ion of l ow- f r equency Rossby waves

P. S c h o p f (Greenbe l t , MD, U.S.A.), D.L.T. A n d e r s o n and R. Smi th (Cambr idge , Gt. Br i ta in) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Book Reviews Atmospheric Planetary Boundary Layer Physics by A. L o n g h e t t o (Ed i to r ) - - R.R.

Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fjord Oceanography by H.J. Free land , D.M. F a r m e r and C.D. Levings (Ed i to r s ) - -

J.C.J. Nihoul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mathematical Modelling of Estuarine Physics by J. S i i n d e r m a n n and K.-P. Holz

(Ed i to r s ) - - J .C.J. Nihoul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Research Papers Numer ica l s tudies of ba ro t rop i c m o d o n s

J.C. McWill iams (Boulder , CO, U.S.A.), G.R. Flierl (Cambr idge , MA, U.S.A.), V.D. Lar ichev and G.M. Rezn ik (Moscow, U.S.S.R.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

On the dynamics of a sol i tary vor t ex C.Y. Shen (Seat t le , WA, U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Osci l la t ions in a s imple a i r - -wa te r sys tem driven by a s tabi l iz ing hea t f lux P. Welander (Seat t le , WA, U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

The s tab i l i ty of b u o y a n c y - d r i v e n coasta l cu r r en t s R.W. Gr i f f i ths and P.F. L i n d e n (Cambr idge , Gt. Br i ta in) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Book Reviews The Monte Carlo Methods in Atmospheric Optics by G.I. Marchuk , G.A. Mikhai lov,

M.A. Nazaraliev, R.A. Darb in jan , B.A. Kargin and B.S. Elepov - - S.A. T w o m e y . The Dynamics o f the Upper Ocean by O.M. Phil l ips - - J .C.J . Nihoul . . . . . . . . . . .

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