UID:
almahu_9949697623202882
Umfang:
1 online resource (921 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-05426-7
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9786611054267
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0-08-051729-3
Serie:
International geophysics series ; v. 67
Inhalt:
While ocean waves are the most visible example of oceanic mixing processes, this macroscale mixing process represents but one end of the spectrum of mixing processes operating in the ocean. At the scale of a typical phytoplanktoic diatom or larval fish inhabiting these seas, the most important mixing processes occur on the molecular scale - at the scale of turbulence. Physical-biological interactions at this scale are of paramount importance to the productivity of the seas (fisheries) and the heat balance that controls large scale ocean climate phenomena such as El Niño and tornadoes. This
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of Acronyms; Prologue; Chapter 1. Turbulence; 1.1 Characteristics of Turbulent Flows; 1.2 Origin and Types of Turbulence; 1.3 Statistical Description of Turbulence; 1.4 The Important Scales of Turbulence; 1.5 Universal Equilibrium Range and Inertial Subrange; 1.6 Von Karman Logarithmic Law of the Wall; 1.7 Governing Equations; 1.8 Turbulence Closure; 1.9 Description in Spectral Space; 1.10 Governing Equations in Spectral Space; 1.11 Wavelet Transforms in Turbulence; 1.12 Large Eddy Simulations
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1.13 Renormalization Group Analysis (RNG)1.14 Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS); List of Symbols; Chapter 2. Oceanic Mixed Layer; 2.1 Importance; 2.2 Salient Characteristics; 2.3 Penetrative Solar Heating; 2.4 Langmuir Circulation; 2.5 Convective Mixing; 2.6 Mixing Processes in Midlatitude Oceans; 2.7 Equatorial Mixing Processes; 2.8 Mixing under Sea-Ice Cover; 2.9 Bottom/Benthic Boundary Layer; 2.10 Modeling the Ocean Mixed Layer; 2.11 Chemical and Biological Mixing Models; List of Symbols; Chapter 3. Atmospheric Boundary Layer; 3.1 Salient Characteristics; 3.2 Geostrophic Drag Laws
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4.4 Flux Balance at the Air-Land Interface4.5 Bulk Exchange Coefficients; 4.6 Surface Renewal Theory; 4.7 Cool Skin of the Ocean; 4.8 Satellite-Measured Fluxes; List of Symbols; Chapter 5. Surface Waves; 5.1 Salient Characteristics; 5.2 Linear Waves from Potential Theory; 5.3 Finite-Amplitude Effects; 5.4 Resonant Wave-Wave Interactions; 5.5 Wind-Wave Spectrum; 5.6 Similarity Theory for Growth of Wind-Waves; 5.7 Wind-Wave Generation, Dissipation, and Propagation; 5.8 Wind-Wave Prediction; 5.9 Breaking Waves; 5.10 Satellite Measurements of Ocean Waves; List of Symbols
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Chapter 6. Internal Waves6.1 Salient Characteristics; 6.2 Governing Equations; 6.3 Vertically Propagating Small Scale Internal Waves; 6.4 Vertical Standing Modes; 6.5 Generation, Dissipation, Propagation, and Interaction; 6.6 Garrett and Munk Spectrum; 6.7 Internal Wave Solitons; 6.8 Mixing in the Deep Ocean (Abyssal Mixing); List of Symbols; Chapter 7. Double-Diffusive Processes; 7.1 Salient Characteristics; 7.2 Conditions for the Onset of Double Diffusion; 7.3 Experimental Results; 7.4 Analytical Models; 7.5 Parameterization of Double-Diffusive Mixing; List of Symbols
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Chapter 8. Lakes and Reservoirs
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-12-434070-9
Sprache:
Englisch
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