Author : Aike Beckmann
Release : 1999-04-29
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 241/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Numerical Ocean Circulation Modeling by : Aike Beckmann
Download or read book Numerical Ocean Circulation Modeling written by Aike Beckmann. This book was released on 1999-04-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive overview of the models and methods employed in the rapidly advancing field of numerical ocean circulation modeling. For those new to the field, concise reviews of the equations of oceanic motion, sub-grid-scale parameterization, and numerical approximation techniques are presented and four specific numerical models, chosen to span the range of current practice, are described in detail. For more advanced users, a suite of model test problems is developed to illustrate the differences among models, and to serve as a first stage in the quantitative evaluation of future algorithms. The extensive list of references makes this book a valuable text for both graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the marine sciences and in related fields such as meteorology, and climate and coupled biogeochemical modeling.