Borzelli / Gacic / Lionello The Mediterranean Sea

Temporal Variability and Spatial Patterns
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-84761-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 180 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Geophysical Monograph Series

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 Sea
* Multiple 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 dynamics
* Spatio-temporal variability of the surface circulation in the western Mediterranean
* Deep-water variability and inter-basin interactions in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
* Understanding the link between global ocean circulation patterns and the global climate
The Mediterranean Sea will be a valuable resource for geoscientists, oceanographers, and meteorologists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Borzelli, Gianluca Eusebi

Gacic, Miroslav

Lionello, Piero

Malanotte-Rizzoli, Paola

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors ix
Preface xi
1 Introduction to The Mediterranean Sea: Temporal Variabilityand Spatial Patterns
Gian Luca Eusebi Borzelli, Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, MiroslavGacic, and Piero Lionello 1
2 Spatiotemporal Variability of the Surface Circulation inthe Western Mediterranean: A Comparative Study Using Altimetry andModeling
Ananda Pascual, Enrique Vidal-Vijande, Simón Ruiz, SamuelSomot, and Vassilis Papadopoulos 5
3 Exchange Flow through the Strait of Gibraltar as Simulatedby a sigma-Coordinate Hydrostatic Model and a z-CoordinateNonhydrostatic Model
Gianmaria Sannino, J. C. Sánchez Garrido, L. Liberti, andL. Pratt 25
4 Mixing in the Deep Waters of the WesternMediterranean
Harry Bryden, Katrin Schroeder, Mireno Borghini, Anna Vetrano,and Stefania Sparnocchia 51
5 The 2009 Surface and Intermediate Circulation of theTyrrhenian Sea as Assessed by an Operational Model
E. Napolitano, R. Iacono, and S. Marullo 59
6 The Eastern Mediterranean Transient: Evidence for SimilarEvents Previously?
Wolfgang Roether, Birgit Klein, and Dagmar Hainbucher 75
7 Deep-Water Variability and Interbasin Interactions in theEastern Mediterranean Sea
Emin Özsoy, Sarantis Sofianos, Isaac Gertman, AnnetaMantziafou, Ali Aydogdu, Sotiria Georgiou,
Ersin Tutsak, Alex Lascaratos, Artur Hecht, and Mohammed AbdulLatif 85
8 An Internal Mechanism Driving the Alternation of theEastern Mediterranean Dense/Deep Water Sources
Alexander Theocharis, George Krokos, Dimitris Velaoras, andGerasimos Korres 113
9 Thermohaline Variability and Mesoscale Dynamics Observed atthe Deep-Ocean Observatory E2M3A in the Southern AdriaticSea
Manuel Bensi, Vanessa Cardin, and Angelo Rubino 139
Index 157
Color plate section is located between pages 84 and85.

Über Autor(innen)

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