Fundamentals of Ocean Climate Models

Stephen M. Griffies

518 pages, parution le 04/10/2004

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Résumé

This book sets forth the physical, mathematical, and numerical foundations of computer models used to understand and predict the global ocean climate system. Aimed at students and researchers of ocean and climate science who seek to understand the physical content of ocean model equations and numerical methods for their solution, it is largely general in formulation and employs modern mathematical techniques. It also highlights certain areas of cutting-edge research.

Stephen Griffies presents material that spans a broad spectrum of issues critical for modern ocean climate models. Topics are organized into parts consisting of related chapters, with each part largely self-contained. Early chapters focus on the basic equations arising from classical mechanics and thermodynamics used to rationalize ocean fluid dynamics. These equations are then cast into a form appropriate for numerical models of finite grid resolution. Basic discretization methods are described for commonly used classes of ocean climate models. The book proceeds to focus on the parameterization of phenomena occurring at scales unresolved by the ocean model, which represents a large part of modern oceanographic research. The final part provides a tutorial on the tensor methods that are used throughout the book, in a general and elegant fashion, to formulate the equations.

L'auteur - Stephen M. Griffies

Stephen Griffies is head of the Oceans and Climate Group at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, New Jersey. He is a principal developer of the Modular Ocean Model, which is widely used by ocean and climate scientists worldwide.

Sommaire

Ocean climate models
Fundamental ocean equations
- Basics of ocean fluid mechanics
- Kinematics
- Dynamics
- Thermo-hydrodynamics
- Generalized vertical coordinates
Averaged descriptions
- Concerning unresolved physics
- Eulerian averaged equations
- Kinematics of an isentropic ensemble
Semi-discrete equations and algorithms
- Mass and tracer budgets
- Algorithms for hydrostatic ocean models
Neutral physics
- Neutral transport operators
- Neutral physics near the surface boundary
- Functional discretization of neutral physics
Horizontal friction
- Horizontal friction in models
- Choosing the horizontal viscosity
- Functional discretization of friction
Tensor analysis
- Elementary tensor analysis
- Calculus on curved manifolds
Epilogue
- Some closing comments and challenges

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Éditeur(s)	Princeton University Press
Auteur(s)	Stephen M. Griffies
Parution	04/10/2004
Nb. de pages	518
Format	18 x 26
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1133g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780691118925
ISBN13	978-0-691-11892-5