Gangopadhyay A. Introduction to Ocean Circulation and Model.2022

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Introduction to Ocean Circulation and Modeling provide basics for physical oceanography covering ocean properties, ocean circulations and their modeling. First part of the book explains concepts of oceanic circulation, geostrophy, Ekman, Sverdrup dynamics, Stommel and Munk problems, two-layer dynamics, stratification, thermal and salt diffusion, vorticity/instability, and so forth. Second part highlights basic implementation framework for ocean models, discussion of different models, and their unique differences from the common framework with basin-scale modeling, regional modeling, and interdisciplinary modeling at different space and time scales. The book aims at Senior Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students and Researchers in Ocean Science and Engineering, Ocean Technology, Physical Oceanography, Ocean Circulation, Ocean Modeling, Dynamical Oceanography and Earth Science.
Our Home – The Earth
Responses and Forces
Geostrophic Equilibrium
Wind-Driven Circulation
The Abyssal Connection
Time–Dependent Circulation
The Layering of Oceans
Introduction to Modeling
Turbulence and Eddies
Multiscale Ocean Models
Simulation and Prediction
Synoptic Ocean Modeling
Interdisciplinary Modeling
Modeling of the Climate System