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Air-Sea Interactionby G. T. Csanady; Mary Gibson
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 67.00Air-Sea Interaction provides a comprehensive account of how the atmosphere and the ocean interact to control the global climate. It is mainly directed towards graduate students and research scientists in meteorology, oceanography, and environmental engineering, but will also appeal to the broader physics community. more...
Atmosphere-Ocean Interactionby Eric B. Kraus; Joost A. Businger
Oxford University Press 1995; US$ 290.00The edition is an updated account of the transfer of energy, matter and momentum between the atmosphere and the ocean. It covers atmospheric, oceanographic and climatological problems affected by air-sea interactions, and emphasizes an understanding of the physical processes involved. more...
The Near-Surface Layer of the Oceanby Alexander Soloviev; Roger Lukas
Springer 2006; US$ 285.00Provides an account of the structure and dynamics of this important component - Near-Surface Layer - of the ocean. This book develops the relevant physics and thermodynamics. It gives a treatment to the surface microlayer, upper-ocean turbulence, fine thermohaline structure, coherent structures, and high wind-speed regime. more...
Air-Ice-Ocean Interactionby Miles McPhee
Springer 2008; US$ 134.00At a time when the polar regions are undergoing rapid and unprecedented change, understanding exchanges of momentum, heat and salt at the ice-ocean interface is critical for realistically predicting the future state of sea ice. By offering a measurement platform largely unaffected by surface waves, drifting sea ice provides a unique laboratory for studying aspects of geophysical boundary layer flows that are extremely difficult to measure elsewhere. This book draws on both extensive observations and theoretical principles to develop a concise description of the impact of stress, rotation, and buoyancy on the turbulence scales that control exchanges between the atmosphere and underlying ocean when sea ice is present. Several interesting and... more...
Atmospheric and Oceanic Mesoscale Processesby Maithili Sharan; Sethu Raman
Springer 2007; US$ 99.00Understanding, modeling and prediction of mesoscale processes in the atmosphere, ocean and environmental systems, have gained importance in the last decade or so. This is because of the availability of more sophisticated observational systems, provided by technological innovations and more realistic simulations using advanced dynamical models. This volume contains many original findings on mesoscale processes in atmospheric and oceanic systems through mathematical modeling, numerical simulations and field experiments. These scientific papers examine and provide the latest developments on a range of topics that include tropical cyclones/hurricanes, mesoscale variability and modeling, seasonal monsoons and land surface processes including atmospheric... more...
Transport at the Air Sea Interfaceby Christoph S. Garbe; Robert A. Handler; Bernd Jähne
Springer 2007; US$ 179.00Offers readers a tool for conducting research in air-sea interactions. This volume details progress in the domains of experimental process studies as well as computer stimulation. It helps readers gain an understanding of the mechanisms involved in transporting energy and mass between the atmosphere and the sea. more...
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Modelsby J.C.J. Nihoul
Elsevier 1985; US$ 272.00The exchange of momentum, heat, moisture, gases (such as CO 2 and O 2 ) and salt between the atmosphere and the ocean is a phenomenon of paramount importance for the dynamics of the atmosphere and the ocean. With the pressing need for reliable climate forecast (e.g. to deal with severe food and energy problems) interactive ocean-atmosphere models have become one of the main objectives of geophysical fluid dynamics. This volume provides the first state-of-the-art review of interactive ocean-atmosphere modelling and its application to climates. The papers are by active and eminent scientists from different countries and different disciplines. They provide a up-to-date survey of major recent discoveries and valuable recommendations for future... more...
Wind Stress over the Oceanby Ian S. F. Jones; Yoshiaki Toba
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 49.00Comprehensive volume for researchers and graduate students in oceanography, meteorology, fluid dynamics and coastal engineering. more...
International geophysics seriesby Adrian E. Gill
Elsevier 1982; US$ 78.95A systematic, unifying approach to the dynamics of the ocean and atmosphere is given in this book, with emphasis on the larger-scale motions (from a few kilometers to global scale). The foundations of the subject (the equations of state and dynamical equations) are covered in some detail, so that students with training in mathematics should find it a self-contained text. Knowledge of fluid mechanics is helpful but not essential. Simple mathematical models are used to demonstrate the fundamental dynamical principles with plentiful illustrations from field and laboratory. more...
Marine Interfaces Ecohydrodynamicsby J.C.J. Nihoul
Elsevier 1986; US$ 287.00These proceedings describe physical and biological observations (including remote sensing observations) made at such diverse marine ergoclines as pynoclines, fronts, water-sediment and water-ice interfaces in different locations and environmental conditions. Mathematical models are described which are used to investigate the phenomena, providing a common language for their interpretation and the bases of the ecohydrodynamic study of marine interfaces. more...









