Sect. 1. Ocean and Climate
1.1. Climate and Oceans / Hartmut Grassl
1.2. Ocean Processes and Climate Phenomena / Allyn Clarke, John Church and John Gould
1.3. Origins, Development and Conduct of WOCE / B. J. Thompson, J. Crease and John Gould
Sect. 2. Observations and Models
2.1. Global Problems and Global Observations / Carl Wunsch
2.2. High-Resolution Modelling of the Thermohaline and Wind-Driven Circulation / Claus W. Boning and Albert J. Semtner
2.3. Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models / Richard A. Wood and Frank O. Bryan
Sect. 3. New Ways of Observing the Ocean
3.1. Shipboard Observations during WOCE / B. A. King, E. Firing and T. M. Joyce
3.2. Subsurface Lagrangian Observations during the 1990s / Russ E. Davis and Walter Zenk
3.3. Ocean Circulation and Variability from Satellite Altimetry / Lee-Lueng Fu
3.4. Air-Sea Fluxes from Satellite Data / W. Timothy Liu and Kristina B. Katsaros
3.5. Developing the WOCE Global Data System / Eric J. Lindstrom and David M. Legler
Sect. 4. Global Flow Field
4.1. World Ocean Surface Circulation / Peter Niiler
4.2. Interior Circulation of the Ocean / D. J. Webb and N. Suginohara
4.3. Tropical Ocean Circulation / J. S. Godfrey, G. C. Johnson and M. J. McPhaden / [et al.]
4.4. Tropical-Extratropical Oceanic Exchange Pathways / Zhengyu Liu and S. G. H. Philander
4.5. Quantification of the Deep Circulation / Nelson G. Hogg
4.6. Antarctic Circumpolar Current System / Stephen R. Rintoul, Chris W. Hughes and Dirk Olbers
4.7. Interocean Exchange / Arnold L. Gordon
Sect. 5. Formation and Transport of Water Masses
5.1. Ocean Surface Water Mass Transformation / William G. Large and A. J. George Nurser
5.2. Mixing and Stirring in the Ocean Interior / John M. Toole and Trevor J. McDougall
5.3. Subduction / James F. Price
5.4. Mode Waters / Kimio Hanawa and Lynne D. Talley
5.5. Deep Convection / John Lazier, Robert Pickart and Peter Rhines
5.6. Dense Northern Overflows / Peter M. Saunders
5.7. Mediterranean Water and Global Circulation / Julio Candela
5.8. Transformation and Age of Water Masses / P. Schlosser, J. L. Bullister and R. Fine / [et al.]
Sect. 6. Large-Scale Ocean Transports
6.1. Ocean Heat Transport / Harry L. Bryden and Shiro Imawaki
6.2. Ocean Transport of Fresh Water / Susan E. Wijffels
6.3. Storage and Transport of Excess CO[subscript 2] in the Oceans: The JGOFS/WOCE Global CO[subscript 2] Survey / Douglas W. R. Wallace
Sect. 7. Insights for the Future
7.1. Towards a WOCE Synthesis / Lynne D. Talley, Detlef Stammer and Ichiro Fukumori
7.2. Numerical Ocean Circulation Modelling: Present Status and Future Directions / J. Willebrand and D. B. Haidvogel
7.3. World during WOCE / Bob Dickson, Jim Hurrell and Nathan Bindoff / [et al.]
7.4. Ocean and Climate Prediction - the WOCE Legacy / Neville Smith.
Front Cover; Ocean Circulation and Climate: Observing and Modelling the Global Ocean; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgment; Section 1: The Ocean and Climate; Section 2: Observations and Models; Section 3: New Ways of Observing the Ocean; Section 4: The Global Flow Field; Section 5: Formation and Transport of Water Masses; Section 6: Large-Scale Ocean Transports; Section 7: Insights for the Future; References; Acronyms, abbreviations and terms; Index.