Ocean Processes in Climate Dynamics: Global and Mediterranean Examples

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Air-Sea Exchanges and Meridional Fluxes....Pages 1-27
Lagrangian and Eulerian Measurements of Ocean Transport Processes....Pages 29-60
Dispersion and Mixing in the Ocean....Pages 61-77
Ocean Models in Climate Problems....Pages 79-109
Sensitivity Studies on the Role of the Ocean in Climate Change....Pages 111-134
Modeling the Wind and Thermohaline Circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean....Pages 135-156
Studying Thermohaline Circulation in the Ocean by Means of Transient Tracer Data....Pages 157-171
Laboratory and Numerical Experiments in Oceanic Convection....Pages 173-201
Open Ocean Deep Convection, Mediterranean and Greenland Seas....Pages 203-225
The Mediterranean Sea as a Climate Test Basin....Pages 227-237
The Mediterranean Sea, a Test Area for Marine and Climatic Interactions....Pages 239-254
The Physical and Dynamical Oceanography of the Mediterranean Sea....Pages 255-306
Modeling the General Circulation of the Mediterranean....Pages 307-321
Data Assimilation: Fundamentals, Global and Mediterranean Examples....Pages 323-354
Deep-Water in the Western Mediterranean Sea, Yearly Climatic Signature and Enigmatic Spreading....Pages 355-369
A Tracer Study of the Thermohaline Circulation of the Eastern Mediterranean....Pages 371-394
Dynamical Studies of the Eastern Mediterranean Circulation....Pages 395-406
Models and Data: A Synergetic Approach in the Western Mediterranean Sea....Pages 407-425
Back Matter....Pages 427-437