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An Introduction to Ocean Turbulence.
An introductory undergraduate textbook on ocean turbulence for courses in physical oceanography.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Notes on the text; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Standard parameters and symbols; Units and their symbols; SI prefixes; Approximate values of commonly used measures; 1 Turbulence, heat and waves; 2 Measurement of ocean turbulence; 3 Turbulence in oceanic boundary layers; 4 Turbulence in the ocean pycnocline; 5 Turbulent dispersion; 6 The energetics of ocean mixing; References; Index. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Ocean circulation |v Problems, exercises, etc. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Turbulence. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Turbulence |v Problems, exercises, etc. | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Ocean circulation. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Circulation océanique. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Circulation océanique |v Problèmes et exercices. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Turbulence. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Turbulence |v Problèmes et exercices. | |
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| 880 | 8 | |6 505-00/(S |a 2.5.2 The air-foil probe: the measurement of Epsilon -- 2.5.3 First measurements of Reynolds stress, and the related dissipation per unit area -- 2.5.4 Estimates of Reynolds stress and ε using an ADCP -- Suggested further reading -- Further study -- Problems for Chapter 2 -- 3 Turbulence in oceanic boundary layers -- 3.1 Introduction: processes, and types of boundary layers -- 3.2 Convection in the absence of shear -- 3.2.1 Convection below a cooled surface or over a heated seabed -- 3.2.2 Buoyant plumes and entrainment -- 3.3 Stress and no convection -- the law of the wall -- 3.4 Stress and buoyancy flux -- 3.4.1 The Monin-Obukov length scale -- 3.4.2 Diurnal and seasonal heat cycling of the mixed layer -- 3.4.3 Other mixing processes in the upper ocean -- 3.4.4 The benthic (or bottom) boundary layer -- 3.4.5 Tidal mixing and straining in shallow seas -- Suggested further reading -- Further study -- Problems for Chapter 3 -- 4 Turbulence in the ocean pycnocline -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Processes of turbulence generation -- 4.1.2 The first observations of turbulence in the thermocline -- 4.2 Shear-flow instability and the transition to turbulence -- 4.3 The Richardson number in the ocean -- 4.4 Further turbulence parameters derived from microstructure measurements -- 4.4.1 Estimation of Epsilon -- 4.4.2 Estimation of eddy diffusion coefficients -- 4.4.3 Rf and the ratio of the eddy coefficients of mass and momentum -- 4.5 Entrainment into the surface mixed layer -- 4.6 Observations of mid-water mixing processes -- 4.7 The rate of diapycnal mixing -- 4.8 Double diffusive convection -- Suggested further reading -- Further study -- Problems for Chapter 4 -- 5 Turbulent dispersion -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 The properties of dispersants -- 5.1.2 Appropriate measures -- 5.1.3 Effects of relative eddy and patch sizes. | |
| 880 | 0 | |6 505-00/(S |a Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Notes on the text -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Standard parameters and symbols -- Units and their symbols -- SI prefixes -- Approximate values of commonly used measures -- 1 Turbulence, heat and waves -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Reynolds' experiment -- 1.3 Joule's experiment -- 1.4 The surf zone: waves and turbulence -- 1.5 The nature of turbulent flow -- 1.5.1 Stirring + diffusion = mixing -- 1.5.2 Entrainment and detrainment -- 1.6 Shear, convergence and strain -- 1.7 Ocean stratification and buoyancy -- 1.7.1 Density -- 1.7.2 Buoyancy, and the buoyancy frequency, N -- 1.7.3 The oceanic density profile -- 1.8 Consequences of stratification -- 1.8.1 Internal waves and turbulent motion -- 1.8.2 Isopycnal and diapycnal mixing -- Suggested further reading -- Fundamental laboratory experiments -- Diffusion and dispersion -- Basics of physical oceanography -- Further study -- Problems for Chapter 1 -- 2 Measurement of ocean turbulence -- 2.1 Characteristics of turbulence -- 2.1.1 Structure -- 2.1.2 Stress and flux -- 2.1.3 Dissipation -- 2.2 Transport by eddies -- 2.2.1 Reynolds stress -- 2.2.2 Heat and buoyancy flux -- 2.3 Energetics -- 2.3.1 Turbulent dissipation, Epsilon, and isotropy -- 2.3.2 The range and observed variation of Epsilon -- 2.3.3 The rate of loss of temperature variance, χT -- 2.3.4 The Kolmogorov length scale, lK -- 2.3.5 The turbulence cascade and the structure of turbulence -- 2.3.6 The Taylor hypothesis and the spectrum of turbulent energy -- 2.4 The terms in the energy balance equation -- 2.4.1 The rate of production of turbulent kinetic energy by the mean flow -- 2.4.2 The turbulent potential energy -- 2.4.3 The rate of dissipation -- 2.5 Measurement techniques and instruments -- 2.5.1 The first measurements of turbulence: spectra. | |
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