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050 0 0 _aGC228.5
_b.T48 2005
082 0 4 _a551.462
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100 1 _aThorpe, S. A.
_c(Oceanographer),
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe turbulent ocean /
_cby S.A. Thorpe.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2005.
300 _a1 online resource (xviii, 439 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 0 _g1.
_tHeat, buoyancy, instability and turbulence --
_g2.
_tNeutral stability : internal waves --
_g3.
_tInstability and transition to turbulence in stratified shear flows --
_g4.
_tConvective instabilities --
_g5.
_tInstability and breaking of internal waves in mid-water --
_g6.
_tThe measurement of turbulence and mixing --
_g7.
_tFine-structure, transient-structures, and turbulence in the pycnocline --
_g8.
_tThe benthic boundary layer --
_g9.
_tThe upper ocean boundary layer --
_g10.
_tShallow seas --
_g11.
_tBoundary layers on beaches and submarine slopes --
_g12.
_tTopographically related turbulence --
_g13.
_tLarge-scale waves, eddies and dispersion --
_g14.
_tEpilogue.
520 _aThe subject of ocean turbulence is in a state of discovery and development with many intellectual challenges. This book describes the principal dynamic processes that control the distribution of turbulence, its dissipation of kinetic energy and its effects on the dispersion of properties such as heat, salinity, and dissolved or suspended matter in the deep ocean, the shallow coastal and the continental shelf seas. It focuses on the measurement of turbulence, and the consequences of turbulent motion in the oceanic boundary layers at the sea surface and near the seabed. Processes are illustrated by examples of laboratory experiments and field observations. The Turbulent Ocean provides an excellent resource for senior undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as an introduction and general overview for researchers. It will be of interest to all those involved in the study of fluid motion, in particular geophysical fluid mechanics, meteorology and the dynamics of lakes.
650 0 _aOcean circulation.
650 0 _aTurbulence.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521835435
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511819933
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