Ocean Mixing

Ocean Mixing
Author: Michael Meredith
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2021-09-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128215135

Ocean Mixing: Drivers, Mechanisms and Impacts presents a broad panorama of one of the most rapidly-developing areas of marine science. It highlights the state-of-the-art concerning knowledge of the causes of ocean mixing, and a perspective on the implications for ocean circulation, climate, biogeochemistry and the marine ecosystem. This edited volume places a particular emphasis on elucidating the key future questions relating to ocean mixing, and emerging ideas and activities to address them, including innovative technology developments and advances in methodology. Ocean Mixing is a key reference for those entering the field, and for those seeking a comprehensive overview of how the key current issues are being addressed and what the priorities for future research are. Each chapter is written by established leaders in ocean mixing research; the volume is thus suitable for those seeking specific detailed information on sub-topics, as well as those seeking a broad synopsis of current understanding. It provides useful ammunition for those pursuing funding for specific future research campaigns, by being an authoritative source concerning key scientific goals in the short, medium and long term. Additionally, the chapters contain bespoke and informative graphics that can be used in teaching and science communication to convey the complex concepts and phenomena in easily accessible ways. Presents a coherent overview of the state-of-the-art research concerning ocean mixing Provides an in-depth discussion of how ocean mixing impacts all scales of the planetary system Includes elucidation of the grand challenges in ocean mixing, and how they might be addressed

The Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean

The Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean
Author: Alexander Soloviev
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 606
Release: 2006-03-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781402040528

Until the 1980s, a tacit agreement among many physical oceanographers was that nothing deserving attention could be found in the upper few meters of the ocean. The lack of adequete knowledge about the near-surface layer of the ocean was mainly due to the fact that the widely used oceanographic instruments (such as bathythermographs, CTDs, current meters, etc.) were practically useless in the upper few meters of the ocean. Interest in the ne- surface layer of the ocean rapidly increased along with the development of remote sensing techniques. The interpretation of ocean surface signals sensed from satellites demanded thorough knowledge of upper ocean processes and their connection to the ocean interior. Despite its accessibility to the investigator, the near-surface layer of the ocean is not a simple subject of experimental study. Random, sometimes huge, vertical motions of the ocean surface due to surface waves are a serious complication for collecting quality data close to the ocean surface. The supposedly minor problem of avoiding disturbances from ships’ wakes has frustrated several generations of oceanographers attempting to take reliable data from the upper few meters of the ocean. Important practical applications nevertheless demanded action, and as a result several pioneering works in the 1970s and 1980s laid the foundation for the new subject of oceanography – the near-surface layer of the ocean.

Boundary Layer Dynamics

Boundary Layer Dynamics
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 49
Release: 1997-04-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309057426

Dynamics of the Oceanic Surface Mixed Layer. Proceedings of 'Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop (4th) Held in Manoa, Hawaii on January 14-16, 1987

Dynamics of the Oceanic Surface Mixed Layer. Proceedings of 'Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop (4th) Held in Manoa, Hawaii on January 14-16, 1987
Author: Peter Muller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 301
Release: 1987
Genre:
ISBN:

Partial contents: Structures and fluxes in a deep convecting mixed layer; Equatorial turbulence--Mixed layer and thermocline; Zonal momentum balance at the equator; The mixed layer of the western equatorial Pacific Ocean; Observations of ocean waves and Langmuir circulation with Doppler sonars; Unsteady shallowing mixed layer; Some effects of heating on the wind-driven velocity in the upper ocean; Mixed-layer shear related to wind stress in the Central Equatorial Pacific; Mixed-layer fronts in the California Current; Horizontal Scales of Wind Forced Inertial Motions; Subduction; Wind forcing and observed oceanic wavenumber spectra; Energy and momentum fluxes through the sea surface; Hamiltonian description of the interaction of surface waves with mixed-layer currents; Radiative processes affecting ocean mixed-layer heat content and their monitoring from satellite; Monitoring ocean surface layer processes; Similarity theories and microturbulence in the atmospheric mixed layer; Global mixed-layer natural and anthropogenic fluxes.

Global Physical Climatology

Global Physical Climatology
Author: Dennis L. Hartmann
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 425
Release: 1994-07-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080571638

Global Physical Climatology is an introductory text devoted to the fundamental physical principles and problems of climate sensitivity and change. Addressing some of the most critical issues in climatology, this text features incisive coverage of topics that are central to understanding orbital parameter theory for past climate changes, and for anthropogenic and natural causes of near-future changes-- Key Features * Covers the physics of climate change * Examines the nature of the current climate and its previous changes * Explores the sensitivity of climate and the mechanisms by which humans are likely to produce near-future climate changes * Provides instructive end-of-chapter exercises and appendices

The South Atlantic

The South Atlantic
Author: Gerold Wefer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 815
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642803539

The book presents results of recent projects in oceanography and marine geosciences (e.g. WOCE, JGOFS, PAGES, ODP) regarding present and past circulation in the South Atlantic. The objective of the book is to integrate results from both oceanographic and geological studies. As the connecting link between the Antarctic and the North Atlantic, the South Atlantic plays a crucial role with regard to the heat budget of the North Atlantic and to the biogeochemical budget of the global ocean. New results from studies of meridional water mass and heat transports are presented. The central theme of geological investigations is the reconstruction of current and productivity systems in the South Atlantic during the late Quaternary.

Marine Optics

Marine Optics
Author: N.G. Jerlov
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 247
Release: 1976-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080870503

Marine Optics