Non-steady wind-driven sea current on linear sloping continental shelf

Literature Review

Oceanographic

32

(1985)

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The

citations are those received in the editorial office during the period l-30 1985. Most are accompanied by a short annotation or abstract and, when obtainable, author’s address. The citations are classified under six main headings and sub-headings (see the table of contents). Subject and author indexes are published three quarters of the year with an annual cumulation. See the preface for additional material.

A. PHYSICAL

OCEANOGRAPHY

AlO. Apparatus and methods 85:6910

Banner,

M.L.

and

E.H.

Fooks,

1985. On the

microwave reflectivity of small-scale breaking water waves. Proc. R. Sot., Lond., (A)399( 1816):

these disturbances. Application to active microwave remote sensing of the oceans is discussed. Sch. of Math., Univ. of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia. 85:6911

93-109. Using a laboratory wave flume in which a smallscale breaking wave was held stationary against an opposing current, a detailed investigation of the microwave reflectivity at X-band revealed significantly enhanced levels of local backscattered power from the crest regions of small-scale breaking waves. A surprising level of organization existed. Wavenumber-frequency spectral properties are reported in detail. It is concluded that the microwave reflectivity is consistent with Bragg scattering from

September, by the first about 130 for the first explanatory

Malanotte-Rizzoli,

Paola and W.R. Holland,

1985.

Gyre-scale acoustic tomography: modeling simulations. J. phys. Oceanogr., 15(4):416-438.

Using an eddy resolving general circulation model, the ability of a gyre scale acoustic tomography experiment to provide spatial averages of (1) the vertical profile of heat content, (2) time variations of heat content, and (3) pycnocline slope at different depths is examined. The modification of the inversion techniques required to give good agreement