The book represents all the knowledge we currently have on ocean circulation.
It presents an up-to-date summary of the state of the science relating to the role of the oceans in the physical climate system.
The book is structured to guide the reader through the wide range of World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) science in a consistent way. Cross-references between contributors have been added, and the book has a comprehensive index and unified reference list.
The book is simple to read, at the undergraduate level. It was written by the best scientists in the world who have collaborated to carry out years of experiments to better understand ocean circulation.
Inhalt
The Ocean and Climate:
Climate and Oceans
Ocean Processes and Climate Phenomena
The Origins, Development, and Conduct of WOCE
Observations and Models:
Global Problems and Global Observations
High-Resolution Modeling of the Thermohaline and Wind-Driven Circulation
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models
New Ways of Observing the Ocean:
Shipboard Observations during WOCE
Subsurface Lagrangian Observations During the 1990s
Ocean Circulation and Variability from Satellite Altimetry
Air-Sea Fluxes from Satellite Data
Developing the WOCE Global Data System
The Global Flow Field:
The World Ocean Surface Circulation
The Interior Circulation of the Ocean
The Tropical Ocean Circulation
Tropical-Extratropical Oceanic Exchange Pathways
Quantification of the Deep Circulation
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current System
Interocean Exchange
Formation and Transport of Water Masses:
Ocean Surface Water Mass Transformation
Mixing and Stirring in the Ocean Interior
Subduction
Mode Waters
Deep Convection
The Dense Northern Overflows
Mediterranean Water and Global Circulation
Transformation and Age of Water Masses
Large-Scale Ocean Transports:
Ocean Heat Transport
Ocean Transport of Fresh Water
Storage and Transport of Excess CO2 in the Oceans, The JGOFS/WOCE Global CO2 Survey
Insights for the Future
Towards a WOCE Synthesis
Numerical Ocean Circulation Modeling, Present Status and Future Directions
The World During WOCE