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The Physical Nature and Structure of Oceanic Fronts (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986)
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The Physical Nature and Structure of Oceanic Fronts (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986)
Series: Coastal and Estuarine Studies, 19
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During the past several years, research into the frontal divisions
of the ocean has been particularly intensive. The significance of
this lies not only in the fact that, in the five years from 1976 to
1980, more than 500 papers on this question were published in
various journals throughout the world and at least three major
international discussions were held (see p. 17). The newness of the
discussion of the topic stems from the qualitative reinterpretation
of the physical essence of the phenomenon and its role in the
ocean, particularly in the processes of mixing and structure
formation. While in the past the conventional view of fronts as
boundaries between large scale water masses of the ocean only led
to the recognition of convenient classi fication limits created by
nature itself, there is now a tendency to study oceanic fronts as
integral elements of the dynamics of oceanic waters. As we
understand it, fronts are being associated more and more with the
dynamic and kinematic features which arise when kinetic energy and
enstrophy are transmitted through a cascade of scales
characterizing various forms of motion of a stratified medium in
laterally confined oceanic basins. We are beginning to get a better
understanding of the role synoptic-scale oceanic eddies play in the
process of frontogenesis in the ocean."
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