An Introduction to Ocean Turbulence

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Beschreibung

This textbook provides an introduction to turbulent motion occurring naturally in the ocean on scales ranging from millimetres to hundreds of kilometres. It describes turbulence in the mixed boundary layers at the sea surface and seabed, turbulent motion in the density-stratified water between, and the energy sources that support and sustain ocean mixing. Little prior knowledge of physical oceanography is assumed. The text is supported by numerous figures, extensive further reading lists, and more than 50 exercises that are graded in difficulty. Detailed solutions to the exercises are available to instructors online at [...] This textbook is intended for undergraduate courses in physical oceanography, and all students interested in multidisciplinary aspects of how the ocean works, from the shoreline to the deep abyssal plains. It also forms a useful lead-in to the author's more advanced graduate textbook, The Turbulent Ocean (Cambridge University Press, 2005).

Über den Autor

Steve Thorpe was a Senior Scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied mathematics and fluid mechanics, his PhD being awarded in 1966. He then spent 20 years at the UK Institute of Oceanographic Science, before being appointed Professor of Oceanography at Southampton University in 1986. He has made laboratory experiments on internal waves and turbulent mixing, and has measured and developed instrumental and analytical methods for studying waves and mixing in lakes, as well as making seagoing studies of turbulence in the boundary layers of the deep ocean and shelf seas. Professor Thorpe was awarded the Walter Munk Award by the US Office of Naval Research and the Oceanography Society for his work on underwater acoustics, the Fridtjof Nansen medal of the European Geophysical Society for his fundamental experimental and theoretical contributions to the study of mixing and internal waves, and the Society's Golden Badge for introducing a scheme to assist young scientists. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1991 and is now an Emeritus Professor at the University of Southampton and an Honorary Professor at the School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor.

Zusammenfassung

This textbook provides an introduction to turbulent motion occurring naturally in the ocean on scales ranging from millimetres to hundreds of kilometres. It describes how turbulence is created and varies from one part of the ocean to another, what its properties are, and how it is measured. It is supported by more than 50 exercises, with solutions available to instructors at [...] This textbook is intended for undergraduate courses in physical oceanography, and will also form a useful lead-in to the author's more advanced graduate textbook, The Turbulent Ocean.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Turbulence, heat and waves; 2. Measurement of ocean turbulence; 3. Turbulence in oceanic boundary layers; 4. Turbulence in the ocean pycnocline; 5. Turbulence dispersion; 6. The energetics of ocean mixing; Appendices; References; Index.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2007
Fachbereich:	Geologie
Genre:	Geowissenschaften
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780521676809
ISBN-10:	0521676800
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Thorpe, S. A.
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Maße:	244 x 170 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	S. A. Thorpe
Erscheinungsdatum:	11.10.2007
Gewicht:	0,465 kg

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