Modelling Ocean Climate Variability (eBook)

Artem S. Sarkisyan, Jurgen Sundermann (Autoren)

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2009 | 2009
XIV, 374 Seiten
Springer Netherlands (Verlag)
978-1-4020-9208-4 (ISBN)

Infos

In this wide-ranging and comprehensive review of the historical development and current status of ocean circulation models, the analysis extends from simple analytical approaches to the latest high-resolution numerical models with data assimilation. The authors, both of whom are pioneer scientists in ocean and shelf sea modelling, look back at the evolution of Western and Eastern modelling methodologies during the second half of the last century. They also present the very latest information on ocean climate modelling and offer examples for a number of oceans and shelf seas.

The book includes a critical analysis of literature on ocean climate variability modelling, as well as assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the best-known modelling techniques. It also anticipates future developments in the field, focusing on models based on a synthesis of numerical simulation and field observation, and on nonlinear thermodynamic model data synthesis.

Academician Artem Sarkisyan is currently acting professor at the Moscow State University. He is a pioneer scientist in numerical modeling of ocean circulation, with more than half a century of experience in the field. He is the author and co-author of more than 230 papers and 12 books, published in Russian, English and Chinese, and has been guest lecturer at the universities of Hamburg and Delhi. He has been involved in numerous international programs including WOCE, POLYMODE, TOGA and IAPSO, of which he has been vice-president.

Jürgen Sündermann is Professor Emeritus in Physical Oceanography of the University of Hamburg, Germany. He has been the director of the Centre of Marine and Climate Research in Hamburg for 12 years. He has also been vice-president of IAPSO, and is a coordinator and reviewer of EU research projects. Prof. Sündermann is guest professor and scientist at academic institutions in Honolulu, USA; Novosibirsk, Russia; Pune, India; Ispra, Italy; and Qingdao in China. He is a Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, a member of AGU and AMS. He has published 10 books and more than 100 papers in scientific journals.

Inhalt

Preface 5
Acknowledgements 9
Contents 10
Mathematical Background and Methods of Ocean Modelling 14
1.1 Classical Problems of Marine Dynamics: Equations, Initial and Boundary Conditions 15
1.2 Solvability of Ocean/Sea Dynamics Problems 21
1.3 Alternative and Generalized Models of the General Circulation in Oceans and Shelf Seas 25
1.4 Numerical Methods 29
1.5 Forward and Adjoint Models 35
1.6 Advances and Trends in Mathematical Modelling of Marine and Oceanic Currents 39
References 40
Simple Linear Models for Diagnostic Calculation of Ocean Climate Characteristics 43
2.1 Basic Equations 43
2.2 Simple Diagnostic Models for Ocean Characteristics Calculation 44
2.3 Are The Sverdrup Relation and the Dynamic ( Reference- Level) Method Still Up- To- Date? 65
References 78
Nonlinear Models for Diagnostic, Prognostic and Adjustment Calculations of Ocean Climate Characteristics 79
3.1 Nonlinear Models Based on Sea Surface Height Calculations 79
3.2 Nonlinear Extraequatorial Model Based on the Mass Transport Stream Function Calculation 83
3.3 Quasianalytical Version of One Nonlinear Model 88
3.4 Comments on Different Approaches and Different Integral Equations Used in Ocean Modelling 92
3.5 A Brief Analysis of Prognostic Calculations 97
3.6 On the Intercalibration of Models 107
References 111
Synthesis of Models and Observed Data 115
4.1 Energetics of Ocean’s Hydrophysical Characteristics Mutual Adjusting Processes 115
4.2 Ocean Modelling Experiments by General Adjustment ( OMEGA) 128
4.3 Hydrodynamic Method for WOCE Data Processing and Assimilation 130
4.4 Four-Dimensional Analysis of Hydrophysical Ocean and Sea Fields 139
References 161
Modelling of Climate Variability in Selected Ocean Basins 164
5.1 Numerical Simulation of in the Arctic–North Atlantic System 164
5.2 The Gulf Stream 186
5.3 Pacific Ocean Circulation and Tracer Transport Modelling 197
5.4 The Indian Ocean 212
References 230
Modelling Climate Variability of Selected Shelf Seas 236
6.1 The North Sea 236
6.2 TheWhite Sea 245
6.3 The Caspian Sea 256
6.4 The Black Sea 291
References 343
Color Plate Section 350
Index 382

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.5.2009
• Zusatzinfo: XIV, 374 p. 138 illus., 32 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: climate change • climate modelling • climate variability • geophysical fluid dynamics • JEBAR • Numerical modelling • ocean • Physical Oceanography • WOCE
• ISBN-10: 1-4020-9208-3 / 1402092083
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-9208-4 / 9781402092084