The Observational Basis for Large Scale Circulation. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Surface Circulation. - 3. The Subtropical Gyres and Western Boundary Currents. - 4. Deep Circulation. - Thermocline Theories. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Formulation. - 3. Conservation Principles. - 4. Scaling and the Governing Partial Differential Equation. - 5. The Search for Similarity Solutions. - 6. Ideal Fluid Solutions of Welander. - 7. Layered Models. - Inverse Methods for Ocean Circulation. - 1. Introduction. - 2. The Physical Problem. - 3. Treatment of the Data. - 4. An Empirical Search. - 5. The Inverse Problem. - 6. Results of Inverse Calculations. - 7. Concluding Remarks. - Baroclinic Theories of the Wind Driven Circulation. - Abstract. - 1. Scale Analysis of the Equations of Motion. - 2. The Two Layer Model. - 3. The Geometry of Geostrophic Contours. - 4. The Eddy Flux of Passive Scalar and Potential Vorticity. - 5. Homogenization of Tracer Inside Closed Streamlines. - Single Layer Models of the General Circulation. - 1. 1 Introduction. - 1. 2 From the Sphere to the Beta Plane. - 1. 3 Linear Models. - 1. 4 Quasigeostrophy. - 1. 5 Ekman Layers. - 1. 6 The Quasigeostrophic Potential Vorticity Equation. - 1. 7 Layered Models. - 2. 1 The Sverdrup Balance. - 2. 2 The Stommel Problem. - 2. 3 The Munk Problem. - 2. 4 Comparison with Observations. - 2. 5 Nonlinear Perturbation of the Linear Problem. - 2. 6 Free Nonlinear Solutions and Inertial Boundary Layers. - 2. 7 The Nonlinear Stommel Problem. - 2. 8 The Nonlinear Munk Problem. - 2. 9 Abyssal Circulation. - 2. 10 Effects of Relief. - 3. 1 Impulsively Started Midlatitude Flow. - 3. 2 Rossby Waves in a Rectangular Midlatitude Basin. - 3. 3 The Midlatitude Initial Value Problem. - 3. 4 The Relationship Between Transient and Steady Midlatitude Flows. - 3. 5 Free Waves in the Tropics. - 3. 6 The Tropical Initial Value Problem. - 3. 7 The Relationship Between Transient and Steady Tropical Flows. Language: English