Ocean Processes in Climate Dynamics: Global and Mediterranean Examples
One of the most crucial but still very poorly understood topics of oceanographic science is the role of ocean processes in contributing to the dynamics of climate and global change. This book presents a series of high level lectures on the major categories of ocean/atmosphere processes. Three of these major issues are the focus of the lectures: (1) air--sea interaction processes; (2) water mass formation, dispersion and mixing; (3)\ general circulation, with specific emphasis on the...
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One of the most crucial but still very poorly understood topics of oceanographic science is the role of ocean processes in contributing to the dynamics of climate and global change. This book presents a series of high level lectures on the major categories of ocean/atmosphere processes. Three of these major issues are the focus of the lectures: (1) air—sea interaction processes; (2) water mass formation, dispersion and mixing; (3) general circulation, with specific emphasis on the thermohaline component. Global examples in the world ocean are provided and discussed in the lectures. In parallel, the Mediterranean Sea is a laboratory basin in providing analogues of the above global processes relevant to climate dynamics. They include the Mediterranean thermohaline circulation with its own `conveyor belt'; intermediate and deep water mass formation and transformations, dispersion and mixing. No other book in the field provides a review of fundamental lectures on these processes, coupled with global examples and their Mediterranean analogues. Booknews Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Erice, Italy, Jan.-Feb. 1993. The Institute comprised three main bodies of lectures. The first set is devoted to the fundamentals of physics and dynamics that underlie the air-sea exchange process; the overall general circulation; the global conveyor belt with its multiple equilibria and time reversals; and the physics of convection and water mass formation, spreading, and transformations. The second set of lectures is devoted to global examples of these dynamical and physical processes. The third set of lectures is devoted to the Mediterranean Sea. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
PrefaceList of participantsAir-Sea Exchanges and Meridional FluxesLagrangian and Eulerian Measurements of Ocean Transport ProcessesDispersion and Mixing in the OceanOcean Models in Climate ProblemsSensitivity Studies on the Role of the Ocean in Climate ChangeModeling the Wind and Thermohaline Circulation in the North Atlantic OceanStudying Thermohaline Circulation in the Ocean by Means of Transient Tracer DataLaboratory and Numerical Experiments in Oceanic ConvectionOpen Ocean Deep Convection, Mediterranean and Greenland SeasThe Mediterranean Sea as a Climate Test BasinThe Mediterranean Sea, a Test Area for Marine and Climatic InteractionsThe Physical and Dynamical Oceanography of the Mediterranean SeaModeling the General Circulation of the MediterraneanData Assimilation: Fundamentals, Global and Mediterranean ExamplesDeep-Water in the Western Mediterranean Sea, Yearly Climatic Signature and Enigmatic SpreadingA Tracer Study of the Thermohaline Circulation of the Eastern MediterraneanDynamical Studies of the Eastern Mediterranean CirculationModels and Data: A Synergetic Approach in the Western Mediterranean SeaIndex
\ BooknewsProceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Erice, Italy, Jan.-Feb. 1993. The Institute comprised three main bodies of lectures. The first set is devoted to the fundamentals of physics and dynamics that underlie the air-sea exchange process; the overall general circulation; the global conveyor belt with its multiple equilibria and time reversals; and the physics of convection and water mass formation, spreading, and transformations. The second set of lectures is devoted to global examples of these dynamical and physical processes. The third set of lectures is devoted to the Mediterranean Sea. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
