Thermohaline Finestructure of the Ocean (eBook)

Pergamon Marine Series

K. N. Fedorov (Autor)

J. C. Swallow (Herausgeber)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
180 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-5757-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The Thermohaline Finestructure of the Ocean is a five-chapter text that describes the fine-scale stratification phenomenon in the ocean and the physical processes that participate in its formation and govern its evolution. After an introduction to the concept of thermohaline finestructure of the ocean, this book goes on presenting some methodological aspects in connection with the finestructure measurements in the ocean. The next chapters examine the complex interrelations between the fine-scale stratification of the ocean water. The remaining chapters explore several important physical processes, such as molecular diffusion, convection, turbulence, internal gravity waves, inertial motions, and mean currents. This book is written for physical oceanographers and specialists in other related branches of research.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
The Thermohaline Finestructure of the Ocean 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
Preface to the English Translation 6
Author's Summary 7
Preface 12
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION 14
1.1 The Finestructure and Microstructure of Ocean Waters 14
1.2 Existing Instruments and Their Capabilities 15
1.3 Organization of Observations on the ThermohalineFinestructure of the Ocean 18
1.4 Examples of Observations 19
1.5 The Vertical, Horizontal, and Temporal Scales of theFinestructure of the Ocean 26
1.6 History of Investigations of ThermohalineFinestructure 29
Chapter 2. THE FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS OF THE FINESTRUCTURE OFTHE OCEAN 33
2.1 Linearized Thermohaline Relationships and theSimpliest Consequences of Hydrostatics 33
2.2 The Finestructure and the Local Balances of Heatand Salt 37
2.3 The Kinematic Effect of Internal Waves 41
2.4 Irreversible Changes in Thermohaline Structure('Traumatic Effects') Resulting from Turbulent Mixing 44
2.5 The Advective Transfer of Thermohaline Heterogeneities 53
2.6 Convective Reorganization of Thermohaline Structure as a Results of 'Double Diffusive from below 56
2.7 Meso-scale and Large-scale Consequences of MolecularProcesses 66
2.8 The Sequence and Relationships of Structure-formingProcesses in the Ocean 67
Chapter 3. THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF OBSERVATIONS 69
3.1 Separation of Profiles 69
3.2 A Selective Analysis of Perturbations and MeanProfiles 72
3.3 T'- and S'-correlation of Thermohaline Finestructure 82
3.4 Analysis of Spectra 89
3.5 Spatial and Temporal Variations of StatisticalCharacteristics 94
3.6 A Combined Analysis of Profiles of the VerticalGradients of Velocity and Density and a Comparisonof the Associated Finestructure 97
3.7 Some General Conclusions 108
Chapter 4. TEMPERATURE AND DENSITY INVERSIONS IN THE OCEAN 109
4.1 Introductory Remarks 109
4.2 Thermohaline Disturbances Accompanying the IntrusionProcess in the Ocean 110
4.3 Intrusive Inversions of Temperature in the ArabianSea 116
4.4 The Temperature Inversion in the Timor Sea 123
4.5 Other Examples of the Formation of IntrusiveInversions of Temperature 127
4.6 The Formation of a Temperature Inversion by Means ofVertical Convection Associated with Local Instabilityof the Oceanic Thermocline 130
4.7 Inversions of Vertical Density Gradient 134
Chapter 5. STEP STRUCTURES IN THE OCEAN AND THEIR ORIGIN 143
5.1 Introductory Remarks 143
5.2 Advective Layering of the Upper Quasi-Uniform Layer 143
5.3 Step Structure of Meso-scale Temperature Inversions 146
5.4 Step Structures in the Thermohalocline 151
Conclusions 153
Bibliography 155
A. Translated Titles of Russian References 155
B. Non-Russian References 160
C. Recent References (Added to Translation) 171
Author Index 176
Subject Index 179

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.10.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-4831-5757-1 / 1483157571
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4831-5757-3 / 9781483157573