Moon as a Principal Driving Force of Large-Scale Ocean Currents

• Chapter 1. Ocean Currents - Circulatory System of Planet Earth
• Chapter 2. Existing Theories of Ocean Currents
• Chapter 3. Tidal Theory of Large-Scale Ocean Currents
  • 3.1. Experiment with traveling convex wave in confined channel
  • 3.2. In-depth analysis of wave mass transfer process
  • 3.3. Laboratory experiment
  • 3.4. Traveling waves in ocean
    • 3.4.1. Experiment with traveling dome-shaped wave on reservoir's surface
    • 3.4.2. Pattern of currents of "typical ocean" is very similar to that of traveling dome-shaped wave
  • 3.5. Some geographical, geometrical and hydrodynamical arguments and evidences of tidal theory of ocean currents
    • 3.5.1. Westbound equatorial currents - only driving units of global system of large-scale ocean currents
    • 3.5.2. Westbound equatorial currents create increased water level in west area of every ocean, which causes gradient compensating currents
    • 3.5.3. Jet nature of currents
    • 3.5.4. Pulsation of basic equatorial currents
    • 3.5.5. Meandering of gradient compensating large-scale currents
    • 3.5.6. Circumpolar current
    • 3.5.7. West intensification of currents

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