Ocean Circulation (eBook)
286 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-053794-8 (ISBN)
has been updated in the light of recent oceanographic research, and improved
as a teaching text on the basis of feedback from past students and other
readers.
Notable additions include new sections addressing the topic of
numerical modelling, and more discussion of natural oscillations in the
ocean-atmosphere system (previously confined to the El Ni?o phenomenon). In
particular, the Chapter on the North Atlantic now includes a discussion of
the North Atlantic Oscillation, as well as of the Great Salinity Anomaly. In
the final Chapter, treatment of water mass formation has been updated to
reflect recent ideas about the processes involved and how they relate to
climatic change over different time-scales, from decades to millennia.
High quality full colour diagrams
Substantial chapter summaries ideal for revision
Answers, hints and notes for questions at back of the book
This second edition retains the general structure of the first edition, buthas been updated in the light of recent oceanographic research, and improvedas a teaching text on the basis of feedback from past students and otherreaders.Notable additions include new sections addressing the topic ofnumerical modelling, and more discussion of natural oscillations in theocean-atmosphere system (previously confined to the El Nino phenomenon). Inparticular, the Chapter on the North Atlantic now includes a discussion ofthe North Atlantic Oscillation, as well as of the Great Salinity Anomaly. Inthe final Chapter, treatment of water mass formation has been updated toreflect recent ideas about the processes involved and how they relate toclimatic change over different time-scales, from decades to millennia.High quality full colour diagramsSubstantial chapter summaries ideal for revisionAnswers, hints and notes for questions at back of the book
Cover 1
CONTENTS 7
ABOUT THIS VOLUME 9
ABOUT THIS SERIES 10
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 12
1.1 THE RADIATION BALANCE OF THE EARTH-OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM 15
1.2 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 1 17
CHAPTER 2. THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE OCEAN 18
2.1 THE GLOBAL WIND SYSTEM 19
2.2 POLEWARD TRANSPORT OF HEAT BY THE ATMOSPHERE 23
2.3 ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTION 30
2.4 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 2 36
CHAPTER 3. OCEAN CURRENTS 38
3.1 THE ACTION OF WIND ON SURFACE WATERS 40
3.2 INERTIA CURRENTS 45
3.3 GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS 47
3.4 DIVERGENCES AND CONVERGENCES 65
3.5 THE ENERGY OF THE OCEAN: SCALES OF MOTION 70
3.6 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 3 76
CHAPTER 4. THE NORTH ATLANTIC GYRE: OBSERVATIONS AND THEORIES 80
4.1 THE GULF STREAM 80
4.2 THE SUBTROPICAL GYRES 86
4.3 MODERN OBSERVATIONS AND STUDIES OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC GYRE 108
4.4 COASTAL UPWELLING IN EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS 134
4.5 THE NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION 138
4.6 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 4 141
CHAPTER 5. OTHER MAJOR CURRENT SYSTEMS 144
5.1 EQUATORIAL CURRENT SYSTEMS 144
5.2 MONSOONAL CIRCULATION 157
5.3 THE ROLE OF LONG WAVES IN OCEAN CIRCULATION 163
5.4 EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION 171
5.5 CIRCULATION IN HIGH LATITUDES 177
5.6 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 5 187
CHAPTER 6. GLOBAL FLUXES AND THE DEEP CIRCULATION 191
6.1 THE OCEANIC HEAT BUDGET 192
6.2 CONSERVATION OF SALT 203
6.3 OCEAN WATER MASSES 207
6.4 OCEANIC MIXING AND TEMPERATURE-SALINITY DIAGRAMS 224
6.5 NON-CONSERVATIVE AND ARTIFICIAL TRACERS 235
6.6 GLOBAL FLUXES OF HEAT AND FRESHWATER 241
6.7 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 6 251
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING 257
ANSWER AND COMMENTS TO QUESTIONS 258
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 280
INDEX 282
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.9.2001 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie | |
Technik | |
ISBN-10 | 0-08-053794-4 / 0080537944 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-08-053794-8 / 9780080537948 |
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