The Oceanic Thermohaline Circulation An Introduction
With the use of very simple one-dimensional and box models ideas with regard to relation between the boundary conditions at the ocean-atmosphere interface and the strength and stability of the overturning rate of the thermohaline circulation are presented, as well as the basics for the formulation o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2007, 2007
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007 |
| Series: | Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- The ocean basins
- Pressure, temperature, salinity, and some thermohaline dynamics
- Water mass and tracer analysis of the deep flow in the Atlantic Ocean
- The deep flow in the Southern, Indian, and Pacific oceans
- The upper branch of the THC
- Formation and descent of water masses
- Dynamics of the THC
- Deep upwelling and mixing
- Energetics of the THC
- Simple models, boundary conditions, and feedbacks
- The THC and different climates