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The Physical Oceanography of Sea Straits

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. L. J. Pratt

    1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 318)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Characteristics of Circulation in an Indonesian Archipelago Strait from Hydrography, Current Measurements and Modeling Results

      • Stephen P. Murray, Dharma Arief, John C. Kindle, Harley E. Hurlburt
      Pages 3-23

    3. On the Physical Oceanography of the Turkish Straits

      • Ãœ. Ãœnlülata, T. OÄŸuz, M. A. Latif, E. Özsoy
      Pages 25-60

    4. A Review of the Physical Oceanography of Fram Strait

      • Kenneth Hunkins
      Pages 61-93

    5. Tidal Currents and Transient Phenomena in the Strait of Messina: a Review

      • F. Bignami, E. Salusti
      Pages 95-124

    6. Measurements and Modelling in the Great Belt: a Unique Opportunity for Model Verification

      • David M. Farmer, Jacob Steen Møller
      Pages 125-152

    7. Zero Blocking Solution for the Great Belt Link

      • N.-E. Ottesen Hansen, Jacob Steen Møller
      Pages 153-169

    8. The Flow through Vitiaz Strait and St. George’s Channel, Papua New Guinea

      • Eric Lindstrom, Jeffrey Butt, Roger Lukas, Stuart Godfrey
      Pages 171-189

    9. A Review of Recent Physical Investigations on the Straits around the Japanese Islands

      • Takashige Sugimoto
      Pages 191-209

    10. Influence of the Climatic Conditions on the Winter Fluxes in the Corsican Channel

      • M. Astraldi, G. P. Gasparini
      Pages 211-224

    11. Long Term Current and Sea Level Measurements Conducted at Bosphorus

      • Yalçın Arisoy, Adnan Akyarli
      Pages 225-236

    12. WOCE and the Gibraltar Experiment Third Objective

      • G. Parrilla
      Pages 237-242

  3. Hydraulics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
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    2. Hydraulic Models of Deep Stratified Flows over Topography

      • Peter G. Baines, Henry Granek
      Pages 245-269

    3. Is the Exchange through the Strait of Gibraltar Maximal or Submaximal?

      • Chris Garrett, Myriam Bormans, Keith Thompson
      Pages 271-294

    4. Aspiration of Deep Waters through Straits

      • Thomas H. Kinder, Harry L. Bryden
      Pages 295-319

    5. A Review of Rotating Hydraulics

      • K. M. Borenäs, L. J. Pratt
      Pages 321-341

    6. Rotating Two-Layer Sill Flows

      • Stuart B. Dalziel
      Pages 343-371

    7. Role of Laboratory Experiments and Models in the Study of Sea Strait Processes

      • T. A. McClimans
      Pages 373-388
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About this book

Suppose one were given the task of mapping the general circulation in an unfamiliar ocean. The ocean, like our own, is subdivided into basins and marginal seas interconnected by sea straits. Assuming a limited budget for this undertaking, one would do well to choose the straits as observational starting points. To begin with, the currents flowing from one basin to the next, over possibly wide and time-varying paths, are confined to narrow and stable routes within the straits. Mass, heat and chemical budgets for individual basins can be formulated in terms of the fluxes measured across the straits using a relatively small number of instruments. The confinement of the flow by a strait can also give rise to profound dynamical conse­ quences including choking or hydraulic control, a process similar to that by which a dam regulates the flow from a reservoir. The funneling geometry can lead to enhanced tidal modulation and increased velocities, giving rise to local instabilities, mixing, internal bores, jumps, and other striking hydraulic and fine scale phenomena. In short, sea straits repre­ sent choke points which are observationally and dynamically strategic and which contain a full range of fascinating physical processes.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

    L. J. Pratt

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Physical Oceanography of Sea Straits

  • Editors: L. J. Pratt

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0677-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0905-5Due: 30 September 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6789-8Published: 03 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0677-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 608

  • Topics: Oceanography, Offshore Engineering, Environmental Management

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