Fundamentals of Ocean Climate Models /

Fundamentals of Ocean Climate Models / / Stephen Griffies.

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 numeri...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Griffies, Stephen,
MitwirkendeR:
McDougall, Trevor J.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2005
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Cover
  • List of Symbols
  • Chapter One. Ocean Climate Models
  • Part 1. Fundamental Ocean Equations
  • Chapter Two. Basics of Ocean Fluid Mechanics
  • Chapter Three. Kinematics
  • Chapter Four. Dynamics
  • Chapter Five. Thermo-Hydrodynamics
  • Chapter Six. Generalized Vertical Coordinates
  • Part 2. Averaged Descriptions
  • Chapter Seven. Concerning Unresolved Physics
  • Chapter Eight. Eulerian Averaged Equations
  • Chapter Nine. Kinematics of an Isentropic Ensemble
  • Part 3. Semi-Discrete Equations and Algorithms
  • Chapter Ten. Discretization Basics
  • Chapter Eleven. Mass and Tracer Budgets
  • Chapter Twelve. Algorithms for Hydrostatic Ocean Models
  • Part 4. Neutral Physics
  • Chapter Thirteen. Basics of Neutral Physics
  • Chapter Fourteen. Neutral Transport Operators
  • Chapter Fifteen. Neutral Physics Near the Surface Boundary
  • Chapter Sixteen. Functional Discretization of Neutral Physics
  • Part 5. Horizontal Friction
  • Chapter Seventeen. Horizontal Friction in Models
  • Chapter Eighteen. Choosing the Horizontal Viscosity
  • Chapter Nineteen. Functional Discretization of Friction
  • Part 6. Tensor Analysis
  • Chapter Twenty. Elementary Tensor Analysis
  • Chapter Twenty-One. Calculus on Curved Manifolds
  • Part 7. Epilogue
  • Chapter Twenty-Two. Some Closing Comments and Challenges
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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