Autore	Huang Rui Xin
Edizione	[1st ed. 2020.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (XII, 391 p. 410 illus., 359 illus. in color.)
Disciplina	551.47
Soggetto topico	Oceanography Atmospheric science Climatic changes Atmospheric Sciences Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
ISBN	981-15-2941-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Basic concepts -- Climate variability diagnosed in spherical coordinates -- Climate variability diagnosed in z-coordinate -- External/internal modes in meridional/zonal directions -- Adiabatic signals in the upper ocean -- The regulation of MOC (MHF) by wind stress and buoyancy anomaly -- Adiabatic Heaving signals in the deep ocean -- Heaving, stretching, spicing and isopycnal analysis -- Heaving, stretching and spicing modes -- Potential Spicity -- Sigma-pi diagram and its application -- Isopycnal analysis -- Heaving modes in the world oceans -- Heaving induced by wind stress anomaly -- Heaving induced by anomalous freshwater forcing -- Heaving induced by anomalous wind, freshening and warming -- Heaving induced by convection generated gravity anomaly -- Heaving induced by deep convection generated volume loss -- ENSO events and heaving modes -- Heaving signals in the isopycnal coordinate -- Introduction -- Coordinate transformation by the casting method -- Coordinate transformation by the projecting method -- Difference between the casting method and the projecting method -- Isopycnal layer analysis for the world oceans -- Isopycnal layer analysis based on -- Heaving signals for the shallow water in the Pacific-Indian basin -- Heaving signal propagation through the equatorial sections -- Heaving signals in the isothermal coordinate -- Introduction -- Casting method -- Casting method applied to the GODAS data -- Projecting method -- Signal of layer depth and zonal velocity in the Pacific basin -- Z-theta diagram and its application to climate variability analysis -- Climate signals in the salinity coordinates -- Introduction -- Casting method -- Separating the signals into external and internal modes -- Analysis based on the GODAS data -- Shallow salty water sphere in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Autore	Huang Rui Xin
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xiii, 791 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina	551.462
Soggetto topico	Ocean circulation
ISBN	1-107-20989-7 0-511-81229-9 0-511-68924-1 0-511-69258-7 0-511-69146-7 0-511-68849-0 0-511-69072-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Description of the world's oceans. Surface forcing for the world's oceans ; Temperature, salinity, and density distribution in the world's oceans ; Various types of motion in the oceans ; A survey of oceanic circulation theory -- Dynamical foundations. Dynamical and thermodynamic laws ; Dimensional analysis and nondimensional numbers ; Basic concepts in thermodynamics ; Thermodynamics of seawater ; A hierarchy of equations of state for seawater ; Scaling and different approximations ; Boussinesq approximations and buoyancy fluxes ; Various vertical coordinates ; Ekman layer ; Sverdrup relation, island rule, and the [Beta]-spiral -- Energetics or the oceanic circulation. Introduction ; Sandstrom's theorem ; Seawater as a two-component mixture ; Balance of mass, energy, and entropy ; Energy equations for the world's oceans ; Mechanical energy balance in the ocean ; Gravitational potential energy and available potential energy ; Entropy balance in the oceans -- Wind-driven circulation. Simple layered models ; Thermocline models with continuous stratification ; Structure of circulation in a subpolar gyre ; Recirculation ; Layer models coupling thermocline and thermohaline circulation ; Equatorial thermocline ; Communication between subtropics and tropics ; Adjustment of thermocline and basin-scale circulation ; Climate variability inferred from models of the thermocline ; Inter-gyre communication due to regional climate variability -- Thermohaline circulation. Water mass formation/erosion ; Deep circulation ; Haline circulation ; Theories for the thermohaline circulation ; Combining wind-driven and thermohaline circulation -- Appendix. Definition of the oceanic sensible heat flux.
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