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The Theory of Large-Scale Ocean Circulation.
This is a concise but comprehensive introduction to the basic elements of the theory of large-scale ocean circulation for advanced students and researchers.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; THE THEORY OF LARGE-SCALE OCEAN CIRCULATION; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Basic Physical Principles and Equations; 1.1 The Large-Scale Ocean Circulation; 1.2 Physical Variables; 1.3 Fluid Motion and the Material Derivative; 1.4 Mass Conservation; 1.5 Momentum Balance; 1.6 Salt Conservation; 1.7 Thermodynamic Energy Balance; 1.8 Equation of State; 1.9 Seawater Equations of Motion; 1.10 Fluid Parcel Trajectories; 1.11 Notes; 2 Reduced Equations for Large-Scale Motion; 2.1 Scaling; 2.2 Spherical Polar Coordinates; 2.3 The Hydrostatic Approximation.
- Large-Scale Vertical Momentum BalancePressure Effect on Density; 2.4 The Boussinesq Approximation; Incompressibility; Inertial Mass Density; Thermodynamic Energy; Entropy and Pressure Heating; Large Thermal Variations; 2.5 Pressure-Corrected Temperatures and Densities; Potential Temperature; Gravitational Stability and Buoyancy Frequency; Potential Density; 2.6 Inviscid, Nondiffusive, Adiabatic Flow; 2.7 The Primitive Equations for the Ocean; 2.8 Thermohaline Planetary Geostrophic Equations; 2.9 Notes; 3 Planetary Geostrophic Vorticity Dynamics; 3.1 Vorticity Balance; 3.2 The ß-Plane.
- 3.3 Boundary Conditions on Vertical Velocity3.4 The Transport Stream Function; 3.5 The Wind-Driven Surface Ekman Layer; 3.6 Sverdrup Transport; 3.7 Depth-Integrated Wind-Driven Gyre Circulation; 3.8 Topographic Effects on the Depth-Integrated Flow; 3.9 Notes; 4 Stratified Large-Scale Flow; 4.1 Planetary Geostrophic Equations for a Simplified Equation of State; 4.2 Linear Theory; 4.3 Breakdown of Steady Linear Theory; 4.4 Long Planetary Waves; 4.5 Vertical Modes for Constant Stratification; 4.6 Planetary Geostrophic Conservation Laws; 4.7 Representation of Small-Scale Turbulent Heat Diffusion.
- 4.8 The M Equation4.9 Reduced-Gravity Layer Models; 4.10 Notes; 5 Circulation in a Simple Rectangular Basin; 5.1 Domain and Boundary Conditions; 5.2 Planetary Geostrophic Energetics; 5.3 Thermocline Scaling; 5.4 The One-Layer Model; 5.5 Multilayer Models: The Ventilated Thermocline; A Two-Layer Model; The Ventilated Regime; Shadow Zone; Western Pool; N-Layer Models; 5.6 Internal Boundary Layer Theory; 5.7 Diffusively Driven Circulation; 5.8 Meridional Overturning Cells; 5.9 Summary; 5.10 Notes; 6 Eddy-Driven Subsurface Motion; 6.1 Homogenization of Scalars in Recirculating Flow.
- 6.2 Potential Vorticity Homogenization: Quasi-Geostrophic TheoryA Quasi-Geostrophic Approximation; A Mid-Ocean Gyre Example; Potential Vorticity Diffusion; Vorticity Drag; 6.3 Potential Vorticity Homogenization: Planetary Geostrophic Theory; 6.4 Notes; 7 Circumpolar Flow; 7.1 The Geostrophic Constraint; 7.2 Depth-Integrated Flow with Linear Frictional Closure; 7.3 Circumpolar Flow over a Topographic Sill; 7.4 A Baroclinic Model of Circumpolar Flow; 7.5 Circumpolar Flow in Sverdrup Balance; 7.6 Abyssal Circulation; 7.7 Notes; 8 Mid-Depth Meridional Overturning.