Barry A Klinger, Thomas W N Haine

Ocean Circulation in Three Dimensions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An innovative survey of large-scale ocean circulation that links observations, conceptual models, numerical models, and theories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 193mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1178g
• ISBN-13: 9780521768436
• ISBN-10: 0521768438
• Artikelnr.: 53780662

Autorenporträt

Barry A. Klinger is Associate Professor in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences at George Mason University, Virginia. His primary research interests are large-scale ocean circulation and its effects on climate, which he investigates with numerical models and theory. Since the early 2000s, he has been affiliated with the Climate Dynamics Doctoral program at George Mason University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Physical oceanography: methods and dynamical framework
2. Rotating and shallow water flow
3. Two-dimensional horizontal circulation
4. Surface and mixed layer properties
5. Depth-dependent gyre circulation
6. Equatorial circulation, shallow overturning, and up-welling
7. Eddies and small scale mixing
8. Deep meridional overturning
9. The Southern Ocean nexus
10. Arctic circulation
11. Heat flux, freshwater flux, and climate
Appendix A. Data sources
Appendix B. Vector calculus and spherical coordinates
Appendix C. Tables of notation and useful values
References
Index.