The Thermohaline Finestructure of the Ocean

The Thermohaline Finestructure of the Ocean
Author: K. N. Fedorov
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1483157571

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.

Small-Scale Turbulence and Mixing in the Ocean

Small-Scale Turbulence and Mixing in the Ocean
Author: J.C.J. Nihoul
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 557
Release: 1988-05-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080870848

This volume contains the proceedings of the 19th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Hydrodynamics, the programme of which focused on the relationships between small-scale mixing and large-scale features, transports and processes. The presentation of papers on various methods of parameterization of small-scale turbulent mixing for numerical ocean models was particularly encouraged and this resulted in more than a third of the papers presented at the Colloquium dealing in one way or another with the parameterization problems; many of these papers demonstrate the direct results of modelling. These proportions are well reflected in this volume of proceedings and thus emphasize once more the importance of small-scale turbulence research for such vital practical applications as ocean modelling and forecasting.