Physical Oceanography, Issue 4, 2015 Content THERMOHYDRODYNAMICS OF THE OCEAN AND THE ATMOSPHERE A.Yu. Bazykina, S.F. Dotsenko Nonlinear effects at propagation of long surface waves in the channels with a variable cross-section (pp. 3-12) PDF ANALYSIS OF OBSERVATIONS AND METHODS OF CALCULATING HYDROPHYSICAL FIELDS IN THE OCEAN A.E. Anisimov, D.A. Yarovaya, V.S. Barabanov Reanalysis of atmospheric circulation for the Black Sea-Caspian region (pp. 13-25) PDF T.M. Bayankina, A.A. Sizov, A.N. Zhukov, O.I. Komarovskaya, S.F. Pryakhina Inter-decadal variability of the wind mode in the Black Sea region (pp. 26-33) PDF EXPERIMENTAL AND FIELD RESEARCH Yu.Yu. Yurovsky, I.A. Sergievskaya, S.A. Ermakov, B. Chapron, I.A. Kapustin, O.V. Shomina Influence of wind wave breakings on a millimeter-wave radar backscattering by the sea surface (pp. 34-45) PDF K.I. Gurov, E.I. Ovsyany, E.A. Kotelyanets, S.K. Konovalov Factors of formation and features of physical and chemical characteristics of the bottom sediments in the Balaklava Bay (the Black Sea) (pp. 46-52) PDF MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF MARINE SYSTEMS M.V. Shokurov, N.Yu. Germankova Numerical simulation of gravity current propagation in a compressible atmosphere (pp. 53-65) PDF A.L. Kholod, Yu.B. Ratner, N.L. Mamchur, M.V. Ivanchik, A.M. Ivanchik Automatic monitoring system of the Sevastopol Black Sea region marine environment (pp. 66-77) PDF