The Oceanic Thermohaline Circulation An Introduction /

The Oceanic Thermohaline Circulation: An Introduction Hendrik M. van Aken Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Physical Oceanography, Texel, The Netherlands In this book different aspects of the oceanic thermohaline circulation, the dominant meridionally overturning mode of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aken, Hendrik M. van (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, 39
Temas:
Oceanography.
Climatology.
Environment.
Physics.
Earth sciences.
Biogeography.
Ocean Sciences.
Climate Sciences.
Environmental Sciences.
Classical and Continuum Physics.
Earth Sciences.
Biogeosciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The ocean basins
  • Pressure, temperature, salinity, and some thermohaline dynamics
  • Water mass and tracer analysis of the deep flow in the Atlantic Ocean
  • The deep flow in the Southern, Indian, and Pacific oceans
  • The upper branch of the THC
  • Formation and descent of water masses
  • Dynamics of the THC
  • Deep upwelling and mixing
  • Energetics of the THC
  • Simple models, boundary conditions, and feedbacks
  • The THC and different climates.

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