عنوان

Ocean circulation and climate :

(Number (ISBN

0123918510

(Number (ISBN

9780123918512

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Title Proper

Ocean circulation and climate :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a 21st century perspective /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Gerold Siedler, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany, Stephen M. Griffies, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, USA, John Gould, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK, John A. Church, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, a partnership between CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology, Hobart, Australia

Edition Statement

Second edition

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxiii, 868 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color) ;

Dimensions

29 cm

Series Title

International geophysics series,

Volume Designation

volume 103

ISSN of Series

0074-6142 ;

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Part I: The ocean's role in the climate system: 1. The ocean as a component of the climate system - 2. Paleoclimatic ocean circulation and sea-level changes -- Part II: Ocean observations: 3. In situ ocean observations: a brief history, present status, and future directions - 4. Remote sensing of the global ocean circulation -- Part III: Ocean processes: 5. Exchanges through the ocean surface - 6. Thermodynamics of seawater - 7. Diapycnal mixing processes in the ocean interior - 8. Lateral transport in the ocean interior - 9. Global distribution and formation of mode waters - 10. Deepwater formation -- Part IV: Ocean circulation and water masses: 11. Conceptual models of the wind-driven and thermohaline circulation - 12. Ocean surface circulation - 13. Western boundary currents - 14. Currents and processes along the eastern boundaries - 15. The tropical ocean circulation and dynamics - 16. The marine cryosphere - 17. The arctic and subarctic oceans/seas - 18. Dynamics of the southern ocean circulation - 19. Interocean and interbasin exchanges -- Part V: Modeling the ocean climate system: 20. Ocean circulation models and modeling - 21. Dynamically and kinematically consistent global ocean circulation and ice state estimates - 22. Methods and application of ocean synthesis in climate research - 23. Coupled models and climate projections - 24. The ocean's role in modeling and predicting seasonal-to-interannual climate variations - 25. The ocean's role in modeling and predicting decadal climate variations - 26. Modeling ocean biogeochemical processes and the resulting tracer distributions -- Part VI: The changing ocean: 27. Sea-level and ocean heat-content change - 28. Long-term salinity changes and implications for the global water cycle - 29. Ocean heat transport - 30. The marine carbon cycle and ocean carbon inventories - 31. Marine ecosystems, biogeochemistry, and climate

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Cover Title

Ocean circulation & climate

World Ocean Circulation Experiment

Marine meteorology

Marine meteorology-- Mathematical models

Ocean circulation

Ocean circulation-- Mathematical models

Ocean-atmosphere interaction

Class number

Book number

Church, John,1951-

Griffies, Stephen M.,1962-

Siedler, Gerold

Date of Transaction

20140529112702.0

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Electronic name

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