Ocean circulation

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809960703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, : Butterworth Heinemann, in association with the Open University, 2001
• ISBN: 1-281-03495-9; 9786611034955; 0-08-053794-4
• Edizione: [2nd ed. /]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): CollingAngela
• Disciplina: 551.47/01
• Soggetti: Ocean circulation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 256) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; OCEAN CIRCULATION; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; ABOUT THIS VOLUME; ABOUT THIS SERIES; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 THE RADIATION BALANCE OF THE EARTH-OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; 1.2 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2. THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE OCEAN; 2.1 THE GLOBAL WIND SYSTEM; 2.2 POLEWARD TRANSPORT OF HEAT BY THE ATMOSPHERE; 2.3 ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTION; 2.4 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3. OCEAN CURRENTS; 3.1 THE ACTION OF WIND ON SURFACE WATERS; 3.2 INERTIA CURRENTS; 3.3 GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; 3.4 DIVERGENCES AND CONVERGENCES; 3.5 THE ENERGY OF THE OCEAN: SCALES OF MOTION; 3.6 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4. THE NORTH ATLANTIC GYRE: OBSERVATIONS AND THEORIES; 4.1 THE GULF STREAM; 4.2 THE SUBTROPICAL GYRES; 4.3 MODERN OBSERVATIONS AND STUDIES OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC GYRE; 4.4 COASTAL UPWELLING IN EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; 4.5 THE NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; 4.6 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5. OTHER MAJOR CURRENT SYSTEMS; 5.1 EQUATORIAL CURRENT SYSTEMS; 5.2 MONSOONAL CIRCULATION; 5.3 THE ROLE OF LONG WAVES IN OCEAN CIRCULATION; 5.4 EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; 5.5 CIRCULATION IN HIGH LATITUDES; 5.6 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6. GLOBAL FLUXES AND THE DEEP CIRCULATION 6.1 THE ; OCEANIC HEAT BUDGET; 6.2 CONSERVATION OF SALT; 6.3 OCEAN WATER MASSES; 6.4 OCEANIC MIXING AND TEMPERATURE-SALINITY DIAGRAMS; 6.5 NON-CONSERVATIVE AND ARTIFICIAL TRACERS; 6.6 GLOBAL FLUXES OF HEAT AND FRESHWATER; 6.7 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 6; SUGGESTED FURTHER READING; ANSWER AND COMMENTS TO QUESTIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This second edition retains the general structure of the first edition, but has been updated in the light of recent oceanographic research, and improved as a teaching text on the basis of feedback from past students and other readers.Notable additions include new sections addressing the topic of numerical modelling, and more discussion of natural oscillations in the ocean-atmosphere system (previously confined to the El Niño phenomenon). In particular, the Chapter on the North Atlantic now includes a discussion of the North Atlantic Oscillation, as well as of the