Modelling Oceanic Climate Interactions: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Modelling of Oceanic Climate Interactions, Held at Les February 17-28, 1992.

Willebrand, Jürgen and David L.T. Anderson:

ISBN 10: 3540568557 / ISBN 13: 9783540568551

Published by Springer, 1993

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472 Seiten; Das hier angebotene Buch stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek und trägt die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.); Schnitt und Einband sind etwas staubschmutzig; der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut. Text in ENGLISCHER Sprache! Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 850.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modelling Oceanic Climate Interactions: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Modelling of Oceanic Climate Interactions, Held at Les February 17-28, 1992.
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540568557
• ISBN 13: 9783540568551
• Binding: gebundene Ausgabe
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 850 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • 206 Geowissenschaften

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Synopsis

The ocean plays a central role in determining the climate of the earth. The oceanic circulation largely controls the temporal evolution of cli­ mate changes resulting from human activities such as the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and also affects the magnitude and regional distribution of those changes. On interannual and longer time scales the ocean is, through its interaction with the atmosphere, a source of important natural climate variations which we are only now beginning to recognise but whose cause has yet to be properly determined. Chem­ ical and biological processes in the ocean are linked to climate change, particularly through interaction with the global carbon cycle. A quantitative understanding of the oceanic role in the climate system requires models which include many complex processes and interactions, and which are systematically verified with observations. This is the ob­ jective of global research programs such as TOGA, WOCE, and JGOFS. Coupled numerical models of the oceanic and atmospheric circulation constitute the basis of every climate simulation. Increasingly it is recog­ nized that in addition a biological/chemical component is necessary to capture the pathways of carbon and other trace gases. The development of such coupled models is a challenging task which needs scientists who must be cognizant of several other disciplines beyond their own specialty.