Fundamentals of Ocean Climate Models
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Advection
Approximation
Atmospheric model
Author_Stephen Griffies
Boundary layer
Boussinesq approximation (water waves)
Buoyancy
Category=RBP
Cauchy stress tensor
Climate
Climate change
Climate model
Conservation law
Continuity equation
Coriolis force
Diffusivity
Discretization
Dissipation
Eddy (fluid dynamics)
Ensemble average (statistical mechanics)
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_nobargain
Equation of state
Equations of motion
Equilibrium thermodynamics
Fluid dynamics
Fluid mechanics
Fluid parcel
Flux limiter
Free surface
Fresh water
Fundamental thermodynamic relation
Geophysical fluid dynamics
Geopotential
Gravity wave
Hydrostatic equilibrium
Hydrostatics
Internal energy
Kelvin–Helmholtz instability
Kinetic energy
Lagrangian (field theory)
Laws of thermodynamics
Length scale
Metric tensor
Modular Ocean Model
Navier–Stokes equations
Ocean current
Ocean dynamics
Ocean heat content
Ocean observations
Oceanic basin
Oceanography
Parametrization
Partial derivative
Physical oceanography
Planetary boundary layer
Potential density
Potential temperature
Potential vorticity
Pressure gradient
Salinity
Sea ice
Sea surface temperature
Seawater
Second law of thermodynamics
Stream function
Temperature
Thermal wind
Thermodynamic equilibrium
Thermodynamic system
Thermodynamics
Viscosity
Wave equation
World Ocean
Product details
- ISBN 9780691118925
- Weight: 1106g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 05 Sep 2004
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
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
