Fundamentals of Ocean Climate Models (eBook)

Stephen Griffies (Autor)

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2018
528 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18712-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This book sets forth the physical, mathematical, and numerical foundations of computer models used to understand and predict the global ocean climate system. Aimed at students and researchers of ocean and climate science who seek to understand the physical content of ocean model equations and numerical methods for their solution, it is largely general in formulation and employs modern mathematical techniques. It also highlights certain areas of cutting-edge research. Stephen Griffies presents material that spans a broad spectrum of issues critical for modern ocean climate models. Topics are organized into parts consisting of related chapters, with each part largely self-contained. Early chapters focus on the basic equations arising from classical mechanics and thermodynamics used to rationalize ocean fluid dynamics. These equations are then cast into a form appropriate for numerical models of finite grid resolution. Basic discretization methods are described for commonly used classes of ocean climate models. The book proceeds to focus on the parameterization of phenomena occurring at scales unresolved by the ocean model, which represents a large part of modern oceanographic research. The final part provides a tutorial on the tensor methods that are used throughout the book, in a general and elegant fashion, to formulate the equations.

Autor

Stephen Griffies is head of the Oceans and Climate Group at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, New Jersey. He is a principal developer of the Modular Ocean Model, which is widely used by ocean and climate scientists worldwide

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.6.2018
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
• Schlagworte: advection • Antarctic Circumpolar Current • Approximation • Atmospheric model • atmospheric sciences • Barotropic vorticity equation • boundary layer • Boussinesq approximation (water waves) • Breaking wave • Buoyancy • Cartesian coordinate system • Cauchy stress tensor • classical electromagnetism • Climate • climate change • climate model • conservation law • Continuity equation • coriolis force • covariant derivative • Deformation (mechanics) • Degrees of freedom (mechanics) • Diffusivity • discretization • Dissipation • Eddy (fluid dynamics) • energy budget • Ensemble average (statistical mechanics) • Equation of State • Equation of state (cosmology) • Equations of motion • Equilibrium Thermodynamics • first law of thermodynamics • Fluid Dynamics • fluid mechanics • Fluid parcel • Flux limiter • free surface • Fresh water • Fundamental thermodynamic relation • geophysical fluid dynamics • Geopotential • Gravity wave • Greenhouse Gas • Hydrostatic equilibrium • hydrostatics • internal energy • Isopycnal • Kelvin–Helmholtz instability • kinetic energy • kinetic theory of gases • Lagrangian (field theory) • laws of thermodynamics • length scale • Mass flux • Metric tensor • Modular Ocean Model • Momentum • Navier–Stokes equations • North Atlantic Deep Water • ocean • ocean current • Ocean Dynamics • Ocean Heat Content • Oceanic basin • Ocean Observations • Oceanography • One-form • parametrization • partial derivative • Physical Oceanography • Planetary boundary layer • Poisson's Equation • Potential density • Potential temperature • Potential Vorticity • pressure gradient • Salinity • sea ice • sea level • Sea Surface Temperature • seawater • second law of thermodynamics • Stokes' theorem • Stream Function • surface wave • Temperature • Thermal wind • Thermodynamic equations • Thermodynamic Equilibrium • thermodynamics • Thermodynamic system • Tidal force • viscosity • Vorticity equation • Water Mass • wave equation • Wave vector • Weather forecasting • World ocean
• ISBN-10: 0-691-18712-6 / 0691187126
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-18712-9 / 9780691187129