Ocean Dynamics and the Carbon Cycle
Ocean Dynamics and the Carbon Cycle for advanced undergraduate and graduate students presents a multidisciplinary approach to understanding ocean circulation and how it drives and controls marine biogeochemistry and biological productivity at a global scale. Background chapters on ocean physics, chemistry and biology provide students with the tools to examine the range of large-scale physical and dynamic phenomena that control the ocean carbon cycle and its interaction with the atmosphere. Throughout the text observational data is integrated with basic physical theory to address cutting-edge research questions in ocean biogeochemistry.
Simple theoretical models, data plots and schematic illustrations summarise key results and connect the physical theory to real observations. Advanced mathematics is provided in boxes and appendices where it can be drawn on to assist with the worked examples and homework exercises available online. Further reading lists for each chapter and a comprehensive glossary provide students and instructors with a complete learning package.
Preface
List of symbols
Part I. Introduction
1. Why is the ocean important?
2. An introductory view of the ocean
Part II. Fundamentals
3. Transport fundamentals
4. Physics fundamentals
5. Fundamental biological processes
6. Carbonate chemistry fundamentals
Part III. Physical Phenomena and their Biogeochemical Signals
7. Seasonality of the upper ocean
8. Ocean gyres and intense currents
9. Ocean eddies
10. Ventilation
11. Cycling and transport of nutrients and carbon
12. The deep ocean and meridional overturning
Part IV. Synthesis
13. Integral frameworks
14. A forward view Appendix: mathematical definitions and momentum equations
Glossary
Answers
References
Index
Ric Williams obtained a Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography from the University of East Anglia in 1987. He worked as a researcher at Imperial College and as a research Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before taking up a Lectureship at the University of Liverpool in 1993. In 2004, he was promoted to a Professor with a Chair in Ocean Dynamics and Biogeochemistry, and he is now Director of the Research Centre in Marine Sciences and Climate Change in Liverpool. Professor Williams' research focuses on understanding how the ocean circulates and its role in the climate system and he teaches undergraduate courses in 'Climate, Atmospheres and Oceans' and 'Physics of the Atmosphere and Oceans'.
Mick Follows obtained a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of East Anglia in 1991. After a year as a Royal Society Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, he moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he is now a Senior Research Scientist in the Department for Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. His research is focused on understanding the interplay of physical, chemical and biological processes which determines the distributions and fluxes of elements in the ocean.
| Pm Supplier | CUP/ Cambridge University Press |
|---|---|
| Pm Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pm Isbn 10 | 0521843693 |
| Pm Isbn 13 | 9780521843690 |
| Pm Publication Date | 2011-07-14 |
| Pm Width | 189 |
| Pm Height | 25 |
| Pm Author | Williams,Richard G, Follows,Michael J |
| Pm Longness | 246 |
- Principles and Mechanisms
- Key Info: 16 colour plates, 286 b/w illustrations, 15 tables
- Author: Williams,Richard G, Follows,Michael J
- Page Count: 404
- Publication Date: 2011-07-14
Ocean Dynamics and the Carbon Cycle
- Principles and Mechanisms
- Key Info: 16 colour plates, 286 b/w illustrations, 15 tables
- Author: Williams,Richard G, Follows,Michael J
- Page Count: 404
- Publication Date: 2011-07-14
