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Nonlinear Physical Oceanography

A Dynamical Systems Approach to the Large Scale Ocean Circulation and El Niño

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Authors:
  1. Henk A. Dijkstra

    1. Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library (ATSL, volume 22)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Henk A. Dijkstra
    Pages 1-31

  3. Background Material

    • Henk A. Dijkstra
    Pages 33-53

  4. A Dynamical Systems Point of View

    • Henk A. Dijkstra
    Pages 55-103

  5. Numerical Techniques

    • Henk A. Dijkstra
    Pages 105-150

  6. The Wind-Driven Ocean Circulation

    • Henk A. Dijkstra
    Pages 151-224

  7. The Thermohaline Ocean Circulation

    • Henk A. Dijkstra
    Pages 225-320

  8. The Dynamics and Physics of ENSO

    • Henk A. Dijkstra
    Pages 321-427

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 429-458
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About this book

In this book, the methodology of dynamical systems theory is applied to investigate the physics of the global ocean circulation. Topics include the dynamics of the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean, the stability of the thermohaline circulation and the El Niño/Southern Oscillation phenomenon in the Tropical Pacific. On the other hand, the book also deals with the numerical methods for applying bifurcation analysis on large dimensional dynamical systems, with thousands or more degrees of freedom, which arise through discretization of ocean models. The novel approach in understanding the phenomena of climate variability is through a systematic analysis within a hierarchy of models using these techniques. In this way, a nice overview is obtained of the relations between the results of the different models within the hierarchy. Mechanistic description of the physics of the results is provided and, where possible, links with results of state-of-the-art models and observations are sought. The reader is expected to have a background in basic incompressible fluid dynamics and applied mathematics, although the level of the text is mixed and sometimes quite introductory. Each chapter is rather self-contained and many details of derivations are provided. The book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in meteorology, oceanography, and related fields who are interested in tackling fundamental problems in dynamical oceanography and climate dynamics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Henk A. Dijkstra

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nonlinear Physical Oceanography

  • Book Subtitle: A Dynamical Systems Approach to the Large Scale Ocean Circulation and El Niño

  • Authors: Henk A. Dijkstra

  • Series Title: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9450-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6522-8Published: 31 October 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5541-5Published: 28 January 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9450-9Published: 18 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1383-8601

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-162X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 458

  • Number of Illustrations: 262 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Oceanography, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth Sciences, general, Classical Mechanics, Numeric Computing

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