The near-surface layer of the ocean
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The near-surface layer of the ocean
VSP, c1992
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Bibliography: p. 245-256
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book treats the structure and variability of basic physical fields in a thin near-surface layer which responds quickly to all short-term and local fluctuations of atmospheric forcing and of radiative solar energy flux. The book contains up-to-date information on different phenomena and processes in this layer based on research conducted over the last ten years. The following topics are treated in detail: basic types of vertical thermal structure of near-surface layers; anomalous phenomena on the ocean surface; thermal and haline boundary layers, its structures and relations to convection; diurnal thermocline and cycle nature of related processes; effects of precipitation on near-surface salinity and thermal structure; peculiarities of near-surface ocean currents; coherent (organized) forms of non-stationary currents (mushroom currents or vortex dipoles, transversal jets in coastal upwellings, vortices and jets in marginal ice zones); some aspects of effectiveness of remote sensing of the ocean by aerospace technique.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
OBJECT AND METHODS OF THE INVESTIGATION
Object of the investigation and its basic characteristics
Basic types of vertical thermal structure of the near-surface layer of the ocean and several characteristics of the temperature variability in it
Variability of salinity in the near-surface layer of the ocean
Methods of studying the near-surface layer of the ocean
THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN AND ITS ANOMALOUS CONDITIONS
The role of the free surface of the ocean in the formation of the structure and regimes of the near-surface layer
Anomalous conditions of the ocean surface
Anomalous phenomena on the ocean surface through observations of seamen
THE THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER OF THE OCEAN AND THE PRIMARY SCALES OF CONVECTION
On 'warm' and 'cold' boundary layers
The structure of the warm boundary layer
The cold boundary layer
Methodological questions on measuring the temperature difference in the thermal boundary layer of the ocean
Practical problems arising in connection with the contribution of the thermal boundary layer to the overall variability of temperature of the near-surface layer of the ocean
On the satellite measurement of the ocean surface temperature
THE CYCLICAL NATURE AND SPACE STRUCTURE OF THE NEAR-SURFACE LAYER IN CONNECTION WITH SOLAR HEATING AND CONVECTION
Volume absorption of solar energy in the near-surface layer of the ocean
Irradiance models
Propagation of cyclical heating through the near-surface layer thickness
The diurnal (daily) thermocline and variability of the thermal structure of the near-surface layer of the ocean in a diurnal cycle
The blocking role of the diurnal thermocline with regard to turbulence in the near-surface layer of the ocean
Typical scales and characteristics of space structure inhomogeneities of the near-surface layer of the ocean
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF WATER MOTION IN THE NEAR-SURFACE LAYER OF THE OCEAN
What are the components of the currents that are recorded in the near-surface layer of the ocean?
Marginal ice zones
Coherent (ordered) forms of non-stationary motion in the near-surface layer of the ocean
THE NEAR-SURFACE LAYER AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE OCEAN
On the oceanological information content of the temperature fields of the surface and near-surface layer of the ocean
An estimate of the velocity field characteristics by a passive tracer observation in the near-surface layer of the ocean
On the information content of the characteristics of surface waves
Conclusion
References
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