Numerical models of oceans and oceanic processes /

Numerical models of oceans and oceanic processes /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kantha, L. H.
Imprint:	San Diego, Calif. ; London : Academic, 2000.
Description:	xxxvi, 940 p., [2] leaves of plates : col. ill., charts, maps ; 24cm.
Language:	English
Series:	International geophysics series v.66
Subject:	Oceanography -- Mathematical models. Oceanography -- Mathematical models.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4308457

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Other authors / contributors:	Clayson, Carol Anne.
ISBN:	0124340687

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
Prologue
1. Introduction to Ocean Dynamics
2. Introduction to Numerical Solutions
3. Equatorial Dynamics and Reduced Gravity Models
4. Midlatitude Dynamics and Quasi-Geostrophic Models
5. High-Latitude Dynamics and Sea-Ice Modeling
6. Tides and Tidal Modeling
7. Coastal Dynamics and Barotropic Models
8. Data and Data Processing
9. Sigma-Coordinate Regional and Coastal Models
10. Multilevel Basin Scale and Global Models
11. Layered and Isopycnal Models
12. Ice-Ocean Coupled Models
13. Ocean-Atmosphere Coupled Models
14. Data Assimilation and Nowcasts / Forecasts
Appendix A. Equations of State
Appendix B. Wavelet Transforms
Appendix C. Empirical Orthogonal Functions and Empirical Normal Modes
Appendix D. Units and Constants
References
Biographies
Index