Introduction to ocean circulation and modeling. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Avijit Gangopadhyay.
• Authors: Gangopadhyay, Avijit
• Contents: Chapter 1 Our Home – The Earth; 1.1 The Basics; 1.2 The Oceans— An Introduction; 1.3 Spatial and Temporal Scales; 1.4 Oceans - The Regulator of Temperature; 1.5 Carriers of Heat — Cyclones and Currents Chapter 2 Responses and Forces; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The response variables; 2.3 The Forcing Function; 2.4 Newton’s Laws; 2.5 Rate of Change; 2.6 Forces on Fluid; 2.7 The Conservation Equations; 2.8 Governing Equations Chapter 3 Geostrophic Equilibrium; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Geostrophic Balance; 3.3 Dynamic Height and Geostrophic velocity; 3.4 Large-scale Geostrophic Balance; 3.5 Inertial Motion; 3.6 Thermal Wind Chapter 4 Wind Driven Circulation; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Wind Stress and Eddy Viscosity; 4.3 The Ekman Balance; 4.4 The Integrated Ekman Transport; 4.5 Sverdrup Dynamics; 4.6 Vorticity; 4.7 Stommel’s Solution; 4.8 Munk’s Model and Future Directions Chapter 5 The Abyssal Connection; 5.1 The Basics; 5.2 The Sinking Regions; 5.3 The Conveyor Belt; 5.4 Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC); 5.5 A Simple Model for The THC; 5.6 Wind-driven and Thermohaline Chapter 6 Time Dependent Circulation; 6.1 Time Dependence and Waves; 6.2 The Inertia-Gravity Wave Equations; 6.3 The Dispersion Relationship; 6.4 The Dispersion Diagram; 6.5 Kelvin Waves; 6.6 Rossby Waves Chapter 7 The Layering of Oceans; 7.1 The idea of layers; 7.2 The 2-layer ocean; 7.3 El Nino and La Nina; 7.4 The Indian Ni˜no (IOD); 7.5 Instability; 7.6 Examples of BT/BC Instabilities Chapter 8 Introduction to Modeling; 8.1 Context of Modeling; 8.2 General Approach to Modeling; 8.3 An Early Ocean Model; 8.4 Numerical Methods; 8.5 The Basic Equations; 8.6 The Model Equations; 8.7 The Computer Algorithm; 8.8 Conclusion Chapter 9 Turbulence and Eddies; 9.1 Turbulence and eddy viscosity; 9.2 Turbulence and Mixed Layer Chapter 10 Multiscale Ocean Models; 10.1 A Brief Background; 10.2 Multiscale Models; 10.3 Generalized Vertical Coordinates; 10.4 Harvard Ocean Prediction System (HOPS); 10.5 The Princeton Ocean Model (POM); 10.6 Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS); 10.7 MITGCM; 10.8 HYCOM; 10.9 MIT - MSEAS; 10.10 MOM6 Chapter 11 Simulation and Prediction; 11.1 Context of simulation and Prediction; 11.2 Grid and Model Set up; 11.3 Model Initialization; 11.4 Optimal Interpolation; 11.5 Data Assimilation; 11.6 Example Simulations; 11.7 Prediction; 11.8 IOOS; 11.9 Applications Chapter 12 Synoptic Ocean Modeling; 12.1 The Synoptic Ocean; 12.2 FORMS; 12.3 FORMS – Western North Atlantic; 12.4 Process Studies with FORMS; 12.5 A World of FORMS Chapter 13 Interdisciplinary Modeling; 13.1 Introduction; 13.2 The Basics; 13.3 The Biogeochemical Cycles; 13.4 Vertical Distribution of Dissolved Gases; 13.5 Meridional Distribution of Dissolved Gases; 13.6 Simple Biogeochemical modeling; 13.7 Biogeochemical models - Two Examples; 13.8 Biogeochemical Processes; 13.9 Modeling Fish - Stocks and Recruits Chapter 14 Modeling of the Climate System; 14.1 Atmospheric Modeling; 14.2 Temperature and CO2; 14.3 Climate System Models; 14.4 Scenario Modeling; 14.5 Climate Projection, Downscaling and Governance
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 551.462; Ocean circulation; Ocean circulation -- Mathematical models
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000539059; 9781000539035; 9780429347221
• Related ISBNs: 9780367365974
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