SUBJECT INDEX

Absolute 9 207 Adriatic Abyssal Plain 45 Agulhas Plateau 177 Altimetry/Altimeter data 40, 55 Altimetry information - multi-correlation of the 52 Amphidrome 247 Amplitude response 35 Anomalies - Bouguer gravity 94, 209 - free-air 209 - free-air, mean 94 - geoid 113, 177 - geomagnetic field 206 - gravity, geophysical

interpretation of 209 - local 141 - marine gravity 1, 2 - Pratt-type geoid 193 - regional 141 Asthenosphere 130, 206 Atlantic Ocean 131 Atmospheric circulations 215 Atmospheric pressure values 40 Axial angular momentum 215

Bohai Sea 300 Baltic Sea 93, 149 Bathymetric detections 69 Bathymetric features 2, 177 - seamount 115 Bathymetry 193 Beach process 307 Bering Sea 19 Bermuda swells 177 Bird's-eye views 209 Bottom-friction 215, 232, 238 - coefficients 222 - laws 222 Bottom stress coefficient 73 Bouguer gravity anomalies, see

Anomalies

323

Bristol Channels 222

Cape Verde rise 177 China 121 China Sea areas 299 Coastal waters 215 Collinear differences 22 Computer experiments 215 Core/mantle interphase 200 Corange lines 236, 237 Corange maps 247 Cotidal lines 236 Cotidal maps 82 Crossover adjustment 18 Crossover minimization 52 Crustal depth structure 191 Crustal differences, large scale

193 Crustal uplifts 80 Current directions 64 Current flow 55 Currents 1 - Agulhas 23 - Antarctic circumpolar 23, 28 - Brazil 23 - Falkland 23 - Florida 277 - geostrophic surface 22 - Loop 22 - North Equatorial 23 - ocean 66, 215 - surface 2 - turbulent tidal 215

Deep sea pressure gauges 280 Deep-sea trenches 209 Deep seismic sanding profile data

195 Density - changes 205 - inhomogeneities 130 - irregular 205

324

Earth models 117 - rigid 80 Earth rotation 231, 239 - brake meehanism 215 Earth tide models, ~ Tide models Earth tides - interaetion between oeean tides

and 77 - preeision measurements 78

see also Tides Earthquake predietion 80 East Paeifie rise 2 Eddy eoeffieient 254 Eddy dissipation 215 Eddy Held 18 Eddy kinetie energy 25, 26 Eddy parameter 219 Eddy viseosity 233 EEG1, gravimetrie geoid 150 El Ninoj Southern oseillation 28 Empirieal tide data 215 Energy - budget 215 - dissipation 231 - equation 238 - kinetie 238 - potential 238 Energy terms 225 - hydrodynamieal 225 English ehannels 222 Equatorial radius 58 Error eorrelations 94 Error eovarianee funetions 103 Europe 83, 93, 146 Eustatie fall 207 Eustatie movements of sea level

308 Eustatie rise 207

Fault motions 80 Fennoseandian iee sheet 192 Finite differenee solution 267 Florida eurrent 277 Flux density of tidal energy 271 Fourier transform, diserete 36 Fraeture zones 18, 177 - Eltanin 20 - Heezen 20 - Tharp 20 - Udintsev 20 Frietion parameter 219

INDEX

Future programs (satellite missions for the next deeade)

- DMSP 5 - ERS-l 5 - GEOSAT 4, 5 - GRM 6 - MOS-1 5 - NROSS 4, 5 - OCI 6 - POSEIDON 5 - RADARSAT 7 - TOPEX 4, 5

General eireulation 26 Geodetie leveling 277 Geodetie referenee system 1980

153 Geodynamie proeesses, ongoing 193 Geoid 55, 113, 205, 209, 247 - anomalies 113, 177 - - Pratt-type 193 - gravimetrie 211 - - EEGl 150 - height 149 - marine 1, 2 - - of Fennoseandia 191 - model, GEM-10B 41, 52 - oeeanie 177 - power speetrum of 213 - present 205 - slope 182 Geoidal features - deep sea trenehes 2 - island ares 2 - mid-oeean ridges 2 - small-seale 2 Geoidal undulation 209 Geomagnetism 206 Geopotential ehange 197 GEOS-3 18, 69, 177 Geostrophie flow 69 Geostrophie surfaee eurrents

see Surfaee eurrents Geostrophie tides 69 Glaeial eustaey 205, 207 Global eireulation 63 Global Positioning System(GPS) 280 Graben system in the North Sea

area 115 Gravimetrie geoid heights 149 - of Europe 149

INDEX 325

Gravimetrie vertieal defleetions 149

- of Europe 149 Gravimetry 206 - anomaly map, global 2 - measurements, surfaee ship 209 Gravity anomalies 113 - free-air 93, 129 - iso-statie 129, 130 - long-wave 130 - marine 1, 2 - mean free-air 149 - separation 137 Gravity field 178 - mantle and lithospherie eomponents

of the 129 - of deep mantle inhomogeneities 130 Gravity loading eorreetion 118 Gravity observation 117 Ground truth 115 Gulf of Mexieo 22 Gulf Stream 22, 26 - meander of the 21 - region 3 - system 277

Harmonie analysis of tide, see Tides Hawaiian swells 177 High-dynamie Earth 205, 207 Holoeene marine transgression 307 Hydrodynamieal-numerieal method

269 Hydro-isostaey, see Isostaey

lee eap profiles 4 Impulse response funetion 34 Indian Oeean 84 Indonesia 84 Internal proeesses 207 Interpolation teehnique - hydrodynamieal 215 Ionian Islands 45 Irish Sea 221 Isostaey 180 - hydro- 207 - thermal 177 Isostatie eompensation 18 Isostatie proeesses 207

Kolmogorov-Wiener minimal square filter 137

Kuroshio 23

Land uplift 191 Laplaee tidal equations, see

Tidal equations Least speetral eombination 149, 150 Least squares predietion filtering

94 Least squares response teehnique

33, 37 Least squares speetral eombination

149 Leveling - hydrostatie and hydrodynamie 279

Liquid eore dynamies 78 Lithosphere - density strueture of 177 - heterogeneities in the 78 - isostatie behavior of the 191 - - large seale 193 - oeenaie, strueture of the 177 - oeeanie, thermal strueture of the

181 - thiekness of the 212 Lithospheric plate 207 Lithospherie thinning 187 Loading amphidromie points 86 Loading eorreetion 117 Louisville Ridge 20 Love numbers 80, 117

Malta rise 45 Mareograph data 207 Mean heights 96 Mean values, l oxl° - eorrelation of 195 Mediterranean region 45, 146 Mediterranean Ridge 45 Mediterranean Sea 93, 149 - SEASAT-l geoid of 164 Mendoeino fraeture zone 184 Mesoseale eurrents 4 Mesoseale eddies 3 Mesoseale eddy variability 22 Messina Abyssal Plain 45 Mid-Atlantie Ridge 178 Modeling - empirieal 215 - hydrodynamieal 215 Moho depth 193

326 INDEX

Mohotovocic-discontinuity 115 M2-tide 231

NASA altimetric mission, dedicated 4

Navy altimetric mission, dedicated 4

NOAA-5 environmental satellite 3 North America 146 North Atlantic Ocean 93, 131, 149 North East Pacific 247 North Sea 93, 113, 149 - SEASA'r-l geoid of the 164 Norwegian coast 283 Norwegian Sea 93, 149 Numerical global ocean/tide model

231 Numerical methods - large-scale 216

Ocean bottom friction 73 Ocean circulation 18, 55 Ocean eddy field 22 Oceanic geoid, see Geoid Oceanic swells 177, 183 Oceanographic parameters 1 Ocean-related spacecraft,

characteristics of 8 Ocean Ridges 183 Ocean tidal equations, see

Tidal equations Ocean tides 215 - empirical modeling 215 - hydrodynamical modeling 215 Orbit corrections 30 Orbit error 20, 30, 41

Paleogeoid 205 - changes 205 Phase response 35, 49 Phase transitional zones - granulite/eclogite 206 - olivine/spine 1 206 - spinel/oxides 206 phase-transitions 206 Plate motions 18 Potential coefficients 57 - GEML2 57 Pratt-type geoid anomalies, see

Geoid; See Anomalies Precision orbit determinations 1

Precision radar altimeters 1

Radial orbit component 113 Radial orbit precision 2 Rates 205

Satellite altimeters 18 Satellite altimetry 17, 247, 279 Schwidersky's cotidal map 117 Sea-floor geology 70 Sea-floor topography 2, 18 Sea ice, position of 1 Sea level 277 - eustatic movements of 308 - mean, seasonal variation of 300 - seasonal variations in 310 Sea level amplitude 49 Sea level changes 205, 307 - long-period 299 - mean 283 Sea level comparisons - cross-stream 278 Sea level slope 278 Seamounts 18, 69 - uncharted 69 SEASAT 3, 18, 55, 69, 113, 177 - altimetry 73 - - adjustment of 33 - - filtering of 33 - ephemeris 41 - User Research Group 113 SEASAT-l, geoid of the - Mediterranean Sea 164 - North Sea 164 Seasonal variations in sea level,

see Sea level Seasonal variation of mean sea level,

see Sea level Sea surface heights 56 - observed 44 Sea surfaces - mean 18 - time variability of the 3 - transient 74 - wind speed 74 Sea surface topography, see

Topography Sensors for spacebone ocean

measurement - altimeter 10 - color scanner 10

INDEX 327

- infrared radiometer 10 - mierowave radiometer 10 - seatterometer 10 - synthetie aperture radar 10 Shelf areas 231 Signal eovarianee funetions 96 Southeast Asia 84 South Paeifie 20 South Zhejiang Beaeh 307 Speetral analysis 131 Speetral weights 153 Spherieal harmonie expansion 59,

192 Spherieal harmonie model GEM9

149, 153 Spherieal harmonies 219 Stokes' integral 211 Stress-strain aeeumulation 80 Submarine topography 180 Surfaee eurrents 2 - geostrophie 22 Surfaee swell heights 1 Surfaee wave heights 1, 3 Surfaee wind fields 1

Taiwan - depth measurement 319 Taiwan strait - numerieal model for tidal motion

267 Teetonie effeets 207 Teetono-eustaey 205, 207 Thermal eompensation 180. Thermal isostaey, see Isostaey Tidal amplitudes 1---Tidal eonstants 247 Tidal eonstituents - harmonie 220 - long-period 299 Tidal eorreetions 80 Tidal eurrents 267 Tidal dissipation 73 Tidal effeets 113 Tidal equations - eontinuous oeean 218 - Laplaee 217 - oeean 217 Tidal interaetions 78 Tidal loading 87 Tidal motion - numerical model for 267

Tidal parameters - variation of 283 Tidal flat proeesses 315 Tide - equilibrium 219 - oeean-earth loading 219 - responding oeean 219 Tide eorreetion 117 Tide gauge stations 278 Tide generating foree 304 Tide model - Earth 117 Tides 247, 267 - along the Norwegian eoast 284 - earth 77, 247 - harmonie analysis of 301 - mathematieal simulations of 247 - oeeanie 247 Topographie-isostatie eorreetions

131 Topographie plate reduetion 96 Topography - dynamie 55, 62, 193 - of the seafloor 2 - of the seasurfaee 1, 55 - submarine 180 Transfer funetions between loeal

air pressure ans sea level 294

Transworld tidal gravity profiles 78, 88

Truneation error 118, 125 Turbulent frietion 238 Two-satellite system 7 Tyrrhenian Abyssal Plain 45

Upper mantle viseosities 191

Varianee speetrum 38 Vortiees 22

Walvis Ridge 177 Water level ehanges 283 - non-tidal 291 Wave heights, surfaee 1 Western Paeifie 209 Wind speed measurements 4 Wind stress 41 World Oeean Cireulation experiment 4

Yellow Sea 300

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