Mediterranean Sea

Temporal Variability and Spatial Patterns

AvGianluca Eusebi Borzelli,Miroslav Gacic

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Surface, intermediate, and deep-water processes and their interaction in time and space drive the major ocean circulation of the Mediterranean Sea. All major forcing mechanisms, such as surface wind forcing, buoyancy fluxes, lateral mass exchange, and deep convection determining the global oceanic circulation are present in this body of water. Deep and intermediate water masses are formed in different areas of the ocean layers and they drive the Mediterranean thermohaline cell, which further shows important analogies with the global ocean conveyor belt. The Mediterranean Sea: Temporal Variability and Spatial Patterns is a comprehensive volume that investigates the temporal and spatial variability patterns in the ocean basin.Volume highlights include: Discussions of state-of-the-art physical and biogeochemical properties of the Mediterranean SeaMultiple physical ocean circulation processes, both in time and spatial scales (basin, sub-basin, and mesoscale)How different regional phenomena in the sea influence the biogeochemistry of the basin and the ocean dynamicsSpatio-temporal variability of the surface circulation in the western MediterraneanDeep-water variability and inter-basin interactions in the eastern Mediterranean SeaUnderstanding the link between global ocean circulation patterns and the global climateThe Mediterranean Sea will be a valuable resource for geoscientists, oceanographers, and meteorologists.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-05-16
Mått:218 x 287 x 15 mm
Vikt:807 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Geophysical Monograph Series
Antal sidor:180
Förlag:John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:9781118847343

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Gian Luca Eusebi Borzelli, Space Academy Foundation, Italy Miroslav Gaèiæ, National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics, Italy Piero Lionello, University of Salento, Italy Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Innehållsförteckning

Contributors ixPreface xi1 Introduction to The Mediterranean Sea: Temporal Variability and Spatial PatternsGian Luca Eusebi Borzelli, Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, Miroslav Gačić, and Piero Lionello 12 Spatiotemporal Variability of the Surface Circulation in the Western Mediterranean: A Comparative Study Using Altimetry and ModelingAnanda Pascual, Enrique Vidal-Vijande, Simón Ruiz, Samuel Somot, and Vassilis Papadopoulos 53 Exchange Flow through the Strait of Gibraltar as Simulated by a σ-Coordinate Hydrostatic Model and a z-Coordinate Nonhydrostatic ModelGianmaria Sannino, J. C. Sánchez Garrido, L. Liberti, and L. Pratt 254 Mixing in the Deep Waters of the Western MediterraneanHarry Bryden, Katrin Schroeder, Mireno Borghini, Anna Vetrano, and Stefania Sparnocchia 515 The 2009 Surface and Intermediate Circulation of the Tyrrhenian Sea as Assessed by an Operational ModelE. Napolitano, R. Iacono, and S. Marullo 596 The Eastern Mediterranean Transient: Evidence for Similar Events Previously?Wolfgang Roether, Birgit Klein, and Dagmar Hainbucher 757 Deep-Water Variability and Interbasin Interactions in the Eastern Mediterranean SeaEmin Özsoy, Sarantis Sofianos, Isaac Gertman, Anneta Mantziafou, Ali Aydoğdu, Sotiria Georgiou,Ersin Tutsak, Alex Lascaratos, Artur Hecht, and Mohammed Abdul Latif 858 An Internal Mechanism Driving the Alternation of the Eastern Mediterranean Dense/Deep Water SourcesAlexander Theocharis, George Krokos, Dimitris Velaoras, and Gerasimos Korres 1139 Thermohaline Variability and Mesoscale Dynamics Observed at the Deep-Ocean Observatory E2M3A in the Southern Adriatic SeaManuel Bensi, Vanessa Cardin, and Angelo Rubino 139Index 157Color plate section is located between pages 84 and 85.