The Physical Oceanography of Sea Straits

I. Case Studies.- Characteristics of Circulation in an Indonesian Archipelago Strait from Hydrography, Current Measurements and Modeling Results Indicates peer-review paper.- On the Physical Oceanography of the Turkish Straits .- A Review of the Physical Oceanography of Fram Strait .- Tidal Currents and Transient Phenomena in the Strait of Messina: A Review .- Measurements and Modelling in the Great Belt: A Unique Opportunity for Model Verification .- Zero Blocking Solution for the Great Belt Link.- The Flow Through Vitiaz Strait and St. George's Channel, Papua New Guinea.- A Review of Recent Physical Investigations on the Straits Around the Japanese Islands.- Influence of the Climatic Conditions on the Winter Fluxes in the Corsican Channel.- Long Term Current and Sea Level Measurements Conducted at Bosphorus.- WOCE and the Gibraltar Experiment Third Objective.- II. Hydraulics.- Hydraulic Models of Deep Stratified Flows over Topography .- Is the Exchange Through the Strait of Gibraltar Maximal or Submaximal? .- Aspiration of Deep Waters Through Straits .- A Review of Rotating Hydraulics .- Rotating Two-Layer Sill Flows .- Role of Laboratory Experiments and Models in the Study of Sea Strait Processes .- III. Waves, Tides and Time-Dependence.- Review of Dispersive and Resonant Effects in Internal Wave Propagation .- Time-Dependent, Two-Layer Flow Over a Sill.- Long Progressive Waves in Rotating Fluid.- Characteristic Features Occurring in the Strait of Gibraltar as Seen Through Remote Sensing Data.- The Barotropic Tide in the Strait of Gibraltar.- Generation and Kinematics of the Internal Tide in the Strait of Gibraltar.- The Structure of the Internal Bore in the Strait of Gibraltar and Its Influence on the Atlantic Inflow.- Transients in the Nonlinear Adjustment to Geostrophy.- IV. Outflows, Turbulence and Mixing.- Can Mixing in Exchange Flows be Predicted Using Internal Hydraulics? .- A Simple Model of the Descending Mediterranean Outflow Plume.- Friction in a Shallow Two-Layer Flow in a Rotating Ocean.- The Breakup of Outflows and the Formation of 'Meddies'.- The Dynamics of Two Dimensional Turbulence.- V. Current Research Problems.- Current Research Problems.