머리말································································································································1

제 1장 해양과 기후의 관계··························································································3
1.1 해양기후학의 정의와 연구 범위····································································4
1.2 해양과 대기의 기본 개념··············································································17
1.3 해양기후 변화 현재와 미래··········································································31
제 2장 해양의 물리적 특성과 기후시스템······························································43
2.1 해양의 기본구조······························································································44
2.2 해류와 기후······································································································58
제 3장 해양과 대기의 상호작용················································································68
3.1 해양과 대기 간 에너지 교환········································································69
3.2 해양이 대기 순환과 강수량에 미치는 영향··············································79
제 4장 해상풍과 해양기후··························································································91
4.1 해상풍의 형성 원리와 특성··········································································92
4.2 해상풍과 해양기후 변동성 ········································································103

4.3 해상풍과 기후현상························································································111
제 5장 파랑과 해양기후····························································································126
5.1 파랑의 형성과 전파······················································································127
5.2 파랑과 해양기후시스템 ··············································································142

5.3 극한 파랑 현상과 기후변화········································································157
제 6장 주요 해양기후 현상과 변동성····································································180
6.1 엘니뇨-남방진동(ENSO)현상········································································181
6.2 태평양과 대서양의 기후패턴 ····································································202

6.3 해양 열파와 극한 기후 현상······································································229
제 7장 해양기후 변화와 지구온난화 ····································································246
7.1 지구온난화가 해양에 미치는 영향····························································247
7.2 극지방과 해양기후 변화 ············································································261
제 8장 해양기후 데이터 분석과 모델링 ······························································275
8.1 해양기후 데이터의 수집방법······································································276
8.2 기후모델과 해양 시뮬레이션 ····································································295
제 9장 해양기후 응용과 활용 ··············································································322