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Ocean Processes in Climate Dynamics

Global and Mediterranean Examples

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli

    1. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Center for Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

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  2. Allan R. Robinson

    1. Division of Applied Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 419)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Air-Sea Exchanges and Meridional Fluxes

    • H. Charnock
    Pages 1-27

  3. Lagrangian and Eulerian Measurements of Ocean Transport Processes

    • Russ E. Davis
    Pages 29-60

  4. Dispersion and Mixing in the Ocean

    • Chris Garrett
    Pages 61-77

  5. Ocean Models in Climate Problems

    • Jochem Marotzke
    Pages 79-109

  6. Sensitivity Studies on the Role of the Ocean in Climate Change

    • William R. Holland, Frank O. Bryan
    Pages 111-134

  7. Modeling the Wind and Thermohaline Circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean

    • William R. Holland, Frank O. Bryan
    Pages 135-156

  8. Studying Thermohaline Circulation in the Ocean by Means of Transient Tracer Data

    • Wolfgang Roether
    Pages 157-171

  9. Laboratory and Numerical Experiments in Oceanic Convection

    • John Marshall, J. A. Whitehead, Tom Yates
    Pages 173-201

  10. Open Ocean Deep Convection, Mediterranean and Greenland Seas

    • F. Schott, M. Visbeck, U. Send
    Pages 203-225

  11. The Mediterranean Sea as a Climate Test Basin

    • Chris Garrett
    Pages 227-237

  12. The Mediterranean Sea, a Test Area for Marine and Climatic Interactions

    • J. P. Bethoux, B. Gentili
    Pages 239-254

  13. The Physical and Dynamical Oceanography of the Mediterranean Sea

    • Allan R. Robinson, Maryam Golnaraghi
    Pages 255-306

  14. Modeling the General Circulation of the Mediterranean

    • P. Malanotte-Rizzoli
    Pages 307-321

  15. Data Assimilation: Fundamentals, Global and Mediterranean Examples

    • P. Malanotte-Rizzoli
    Pages 323-354

  16. Deep-Water in the Western Mediterranean Sea, Yearly Climatic Signature and Enigmatic Spreading

    • J. P. Bethoux, D. Tailliez
    Pages 355-369

  17. A Tracer Study of the Thermohaline Circulation of the Eastern Mediterranean

    • Wolfgang Roether, Vassil M. Roussenov, Roland Well
    Pages 371-394

  18. Dynamical Studies of the Eastern Mediterranean Circulation

    • Maryam Golnaraghi, Allan R. Robinson
    Pages 395-406

  19. Models and Data: A Synergetic Approach in the Western Mediterranean Sea

    • C. Millot
    Pages 407-425

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 427-437
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About this book

One of the most crucial but still very poorly understood topics of oceanographic science is the role of ocean processes in contributing to the dynamics of climate and global change. This book presents a series of high level lectures on the major categories of ocean/atmosphere processes. Three of these major issues are the focus of the lectures: (1) air--sea interaction processes; (2) water mass formation, dispersion and mixing; (3) general circulation, with specific emphasis on the thermohaline component. Global examples in the world ocean are provided and discussed in the lectures. In parallel, the Mediterranean Sea is a laboratory basin in providing analogues of the above global processes relevant to climate dynamics. They include the Mediterranean thermohaline circulation with its own `conveyor belt'; intermediate and deep water mass formation and transformations, dispersion and mixing. No other book in the field provides a review of fundamental lectures on these processes, coupled with global examples and their Mediterranean analogues.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Center for Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

    Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli

  • Division of Applied Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

    Allan R. Robinson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ocean Processes in Climate Dynamics

  • Book Subtitle: Global and Mediterranean Examples

  • Editors: Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, Allan R. Robinson

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0870-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2624-3Published: 30 November 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4376-2Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-0870-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 437

  • Topics: Oceanography, Atmospheric Sciences

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