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1 online resource (554 p.) |
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Intro -- Ocean Currents: Physical Drivers in a Changing World -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: The restless ocean -- 1.1. Ten big questions -- 1.2. Organization vs. chaos -- 1.3. Measuring the ocean-Challenges and international organization -- 1.4. Measuring ocean currents -- 1.4.1. Drift measurements -- 1.4.2. Point measurements -- 1.4.3. Profile measurements -- 1.4.4. Radar measurements -- 1.5. Estimating ocean currents -- 1.5.1. Hydrography -- 1.5.2. Bottom pressure recorders -- 1.5.3. Satellite altimeters -- 1.5.4. Electrical cables |
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1.6. Computer simulation of ocean currents -- 1.7. An ocean of scales -- 1.8. Summary -- Chapter 2: Frameworks, data, and methods -- 2.1. Essential physics and scalar conservation -- 2.1.1. Seawater properties, the equation of state, and neutral surfaces -- 2.1.2. Conservation of mass, salt, and heat -- 2.2. Essential dynamics-With the flow and at a fixed point -- 2.2.1. Real forces -- 2.2.2. The effects of Earth's rotation -- 2.2.3. The equations of motion-Following the flow -- 2.2.4. Advection of momentum -- 2.2.5. The equations of motion-At a fixed point |
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2.3. Scaling arguments and approximating the equations of motion -- 2.4. Ocean and climate data products -- 2.4.1. Ocean observations (Argo) -- 2.4.2. Ocean reanalysis (GODAS) -- 2.4.3. Ocean analysis (EN4) -- 2.4.4. Air-sea fluxes (COREv2) -- 2.4.5. Atmospheric reanalysis (NCEP/NCAR) -- 2.4.6. Tropical cyclone tracks (IBTRaCS -- HURDAT) -- 2.4.7. Sea ice (NSIDC) and icebergs (IIP -- BYU/NIC) -- 2.5. Numerical models of the ocean and climate -- 2.5.1. Governing equations and approximations -- 2.5.2. Numerical solution -- 2.5.3. Meshes, grids, and vertical coordinates |
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2.5.4. Resolution, processes, and parameterizations -- 2.5.5. From bespoke to community codes -- 2.5.6. Coupling, complexity, and climate -- 2.6. Particle tracking -- 2.7. Resourcing Chapters 3-1234567891012 -- 2.8. Exercises -- Chapter 3: Surface drift, gyres, and the fate of plastic -- 3.1. Large scales in space and time -- 3.2. The restless atmosphere -- 3.2.1. A moist thermodynamic heat engine-Basics -- 3.2.2. Large-scale wind patterns -- 3.3. Local response to wind-Surface drift -- 3.3.1. Wind stress -- 3.3.2. The inertial response to a wind impulse -- 3.3.3. Balancing forces at the surface |
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3.3.4. Balancing forces sub-surface -- 3.3.5. Large-scale consequences -- 3.4. Basin-scale response-The great gyres -- 3.4.1. The wind-driven circulation and vorticity -- 3.4.2. Opposing vorticity tendencies -- 3.4.3. Horizontal pressure gradients and sea surface slopes -- 3.5. Gyre circulation and Ekman currents-The combined surface drift -- 3.6. Additional influences on surface and near-surface drift -- 3.7. Examples of surface drift at basin scale -- 3.7.1. Sargassum seaweed in the Sargasso Sea -- 3.7.2. Subsea volcanic eruptions and pumice rafts -- 3.7.3. Tsunami debris and container spills |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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3.7.4. The fate of plastics in the World Ocean |
| Subject |
Ocean currents.
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Ocean currents
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sebille, Erik van
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| ISBN |
9780128160602 |
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0128160608 |
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