Ocean modeling in an eddying regime / / Matthew W. Hecht, Hiroyasu Hasumi, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910877355103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : American Geophysical Union, c2008
• ISBN: 1-118-66643-7; 1-118-67239-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (418 p.)
• Collana: Geophysical Monograph Series ; ; 177
• Altri autori (Persone): HechtMatthew W; HasumiHiroyasu
• Disciplina: 551.4601/5118
• Soggetti: Oceanography - Mathematical models; Ocean circulation - Mathematical models; Eddies
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Ocean Modeling-Eddy or Not; Section 1: Oceanographic Processes and Regimes: Fundamental Question; The Nature and Consequences of Oceanic Eddies; Submesoscale Processes and Dynamics; Gulf Stream Separation in Numerical Ocean Models; Eddy-Resolving Modeling of Overflows; High-Frequency Winds and Eddy-Resolving Models; Resolution Dependence of Eddy Fluxes; Eddies and Upper-Ocean Nutrient Supply; Eddies in Eastern Boundary Subtropical Upwelling Systems; Section 2: Ocean Dynamics and State: From Region to Global Scale; The Fidelity of Ocean Models With Explicit EddiesCommon Success and Failure in Simulating the Pacific Surface Currents Shared byFour High-Resolution Ocean Models; Eddies in Numerical Models of the Southern Ocean; High-Resolution Indian Ocean Simulations- Recent Advances and Issues From OFES; Toward a Physical Understanding of the North Atlantic: A Review of Model Studies in an Eddying Regime; Towards Eddy-Resolving Models of the Arctic Ocean; Pacific Upper Ocean Response to Global Warming-Climate Modelingin an Eddying Ocean Regime; Section 3: Modeling at the Mesoscale: State of the Art and Future DirectionsFormulating the Equations of Ocean Models; Can Large Eddy Simulation Techniques Improve Mesoscale Rich Ocean Models?; Lateral Mixing in the Eddying Regime and a New Broad-Ranging Formulation; Eddy-Resolving Global Ocean Prediction; Unstructured Adaptive Meshes for Ocean Modeling
• Sommario/riassunto: Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 177.This monograph is the first to survey progress in realistic simulation in a strongly eddying regime made possible by recent increases in computational capability. Its contributors comprise the leading researchers in this important and constantly evolving field. Divided into three parts Oceanographic Processes and Regimes: Fundamental QuestionsOcean Dynamics and State: From Regional to Global Scale, andModeling at the Mesoscale: State of the Art a