Overview
- Provides a comprehensive description of circulations of the North Indian Ocean (NIO) and their forcing functions
- Develops equations for the Linear Continuously Stratified (LCS) model from first principles
- Derives analytic solutions to the LCS equations relevant to observed phenomena in the NIO and other oceans
Part of the book series: Atmosphere, Earth, Ocean & Space (AEONS)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Observations: Atmospheric Forcing and Ocean Response
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Front Matter
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Models
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Free Waves
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About this book
Part 1 of the book provides an overview of observed ocean circulations and forcing functions in the NIO that are linked to the SAM. Part 2 develops the equations of motion for the LCS model. Part 3 (Free Waves) and Part 4 (Forced Solutions) derive and discuss analytic solutions to the LCS model that illustrate basic processes in the interior (unbounded), coastal, and equatorial regions of the ocean. The last two chapters of Part 4 consider more complicated processes and phenomena that build upon the simpler solutions previously found: vertical propagation of coastal and equatorial waves, and the Indian Ocean's shallow overturning circulations. Each analytic solution is illustrated (and extended) by a suite of numerical LCS solutions presented as video clips, providing a powerful means for visualizing complex processes.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Satish R. Shetye received a Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. He then joined the CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO), Goa, India. For more than three decades, he studied various aspects of the physical oceanography of the North Indian Ocean, with a special interest in the waters around India. In recognition of his contributions, he received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1992, fellowships from the three national science academies of India, and the Life Time Excellence Award 2021 (Ministry of Earth Sciences, India). He was Director of CSIR-NIO during 2004-12 and Vice Chancellor of Goa University from 2012-16.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Observations and Dynamics of Circulations in the North Indian Ocean
Authors: Julian P. McCreary, Satish R. Shetye
Series Title: Atmosphere, Earth, Ocean & Space
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5864-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-5863-2Published: 21 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-5866-3Due: 22 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-5864-9Published: 20 June 2023
Series ISSN: 2524-440X
Series E-ISSN: 2524-4418
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 521
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 81 illustrations in colour
Topics: Oceanography, Earth System Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Analysis, Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis