Inhaltsverzeichnis
1: Tidal Potential. - 1. 1. The Tide-Generating Forces in the Ocean. - 1. 2. Tidal Potential. - 1. 3. Harmonic Analysis of the Tidal Potential. - 1. 4. Additional Potentials of Deformation. - 2: Methods and Results of Experimental Studies of Ocean Tides. - 2. 1. Direct Measurements of Tidal Elevations. - 2. 2. Satellite Data. - 2. 3. Determination of Ocean Tides from Gravimetric Data. - 3: Qualitative Studies of the Tidal Dynamics Equations. - 3. 1. Tidal Dynamics Equations. - 3. 2. Simplification of the Tidal Dynamics Equations, Boundary Conditions. - 3. 3. Basic Notions and Definitions. - 3. 4. Uniqueness Theorem. - 3. 5. A Priori Estimates. - 3. 6. Existence Theorem. - 3. 7. Solvability of the Three-Dimensional Boundary Value Problem of Tidal Dynamics: Homogeneous Ocean. - 3. 8. Solvability of the Three-Dimensional Boundary Value Problem of Tidal Dynamics: Stratified Ocean. - 3. 9. Asymptotic Behavior of the Solution of Tidal Dynamics Equations when t ? ? . - 4: Free Oscillations in the World Ocean. - 4. 1. Rayleigh s Ratio. - 4. 2. Analytical Solutions. - 4. 3. Numerical Solutions. - 4. 4. Elementary Modes of Free Oscillations. - 5: Forced Tidal Oscillations in the World Ocean. - 5. 1. Analytical Solutions. - 5. 2. Numerical Solutions. - 5. 3. Numerical Experiments. - 6: Tides in the Ocean-Shelf System. - 6. 1. Preliminary Remarks. - 6. 2. The Existing Methods of Shelf-Effect Parameterization. - 6. 3. The Influence of Shelf Effects on the Tides in an Idealized Ocean. - 6. 4. The Influence of Shelf Effects on the Tides in the World Ocean. - 7: Global Interaction of Ocean and Terrestrial Tides. - 7. 1. Solvability Conditions of the Problem. - 7. 2. Difference Methods of Solution. - 7. 3. Results of Numerical Experiments. - 8: Energetics of Ocean Tides. - 8. 1. Energy Equation. - 8. 2. Astronomical, Geophysical, and SatelliteEstimations of Tidal Energy Dissipation. - 8. 3. The Problem of Tidal Energy Dissipation in the Ocean-Earth System. - 8. 4. Tidal Energy Dissipation in the Paleoocean. - 9: Bottom Boundary Layer in Tidal Flow: Experimental Data. - 9. 1. Motion Regime in the Bottom Boundary Layer. - 9. 2. Hydrodynamic Properties of the Sea Bottom. - 9. 3. Mean Velocity Profiles. - 9. 4. Statistical Characteristics of Turbulent Fluctuations. - 9. 5. Unidimensional and Co-Spectra of Velocity Fluctuations, Reynolds Stress. - 9. 6. Similarity of Turbulence Structures in Boundary Layers of Different Origin. - 10: Bottom Boundary Layer in Tidal Flow: Theoretical Models. - 10. 1. Qualitative Considerations Regarding the Vertical Distribution of the Tidal Velocity in the Bottom Boundary Layer. - 10. 2. Bottom Boundary Layer Models Based on A Priori Assignment of the Vertical Turbulent Viscosity Coefficient. - 10. 3. Bottom Boundary Layer Models Based on the Closure of Equations with the Help of Semi-Emperical Hypotheses. - 10. 4. The Resistance Law in Tidal Flow. - References.