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Ocean Processes in Climate Dynamics: Global and Mediterranean Examples

Ocean Processes in Climate Dynamics: Global and Mediterranean Examples

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Series: NATO Science Series C:, Book 419

Environmental Studies

ISBN10: 9401043760
ISBN13: 9789401043762
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Nov 5 2012
Pages: 437
Weight: 1.42
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
One of the most crucial but still very poorly understood topics of oceanographic science is the role of ocean processes in contributing to the dynamics of climate and global change. This book presents a series of high level lectures on the major categories of ocean/atmosphere processes. Three of these major issues are the focus of the lectures: (1) air--sea interaction processes; (2) water mass formation, dispersion and mixing; (3) general circulation, with specific emphasis on the thermohaline component. Global examples in the world ocean are provided and discussed in the lectures. In parallel, the Mediterranean Sea is a laboratory basin in providing analogues of the above global processes relevant to climate dynamics. They include the Mediterranean thermohaline circulation with its own conveyor belt'; intermediate and deep water mass formation and transformations, dispersion and mixing. No other book in the field provides a review of fundamental lectures on these processes, coupled with global examples and their Mediterranean analogues.

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