Joseph Pedlosky

Ocean Circulation Theory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An overview of the advances made in the last decade and a half in this field. Based on an advanced graduate level course, the book represents fundamental insights into the structure of the physical theory of the large-scale dynamics of the oceans. The author has maintained throughout a blend of analytical and numerical results so as to achieve as deep a physical understanding of the dynamics of the large-scale circulations as possible. The results of the theories are compared with observations and the success or inadequacies of the theories are highlighted. Topics of particular interest are: theory of the wind-driven circulation, the thermocline, the equatorial circulation and the abyssal circulation. Much of the material - previously scattered throughout the literature - has been collated here for the first time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-642-08224-5
• Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1996
• Seitenzahl: 468
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 580g
• ISBN-13: 9783642082245
• ISBN-10: 3642082246
• Artikelnr.: 32057903

Autorenporträt

Basic questions of physical processes in large-scale dynamics of the oceans are discussed in this book. These large-scale circulations influence the climate of the earth and are of great importance for the future development of our climate system.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Sverdrup Theory.- 2 Homogeneous Models of the Ocean Circulation.- 3 Vertical Structure: Baroclinic Quasi-Geostrophic Models.- 4 Theory of the Ventilated Thermocline.- 5 Buoyancy Forced Circulation and Cross-Gyre Flow.- 6 Equatorial Dynamics of the Thermocline: The Equatorial Undercurrent.- 7 Abyssal Circulation.