Lagrangian Oceanography Large-scale Transport and Mixing in the Ocean /

• Main Authors: Prants, Sergey V. (Author), Uleysky, Michael Yu (Author), Budyansky, Maxim V. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Physics of Earth and Space Environments,
• Subjects: Physics.; Oceanography.; Fluids.; Environmental monitoring.; Environmental sciences.; Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis.; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science.

This book uses the Lagrangian approach, especially useful and convenient for studying large-scale transport and mixing in the ocean, to present a detailed view of ocean circulation. This approach focuses on simulations and on monitoring the trajectories of fluid particles, which are governed by adve...

Table of Contents:

• Order in Chaos in Ocean Currents
• Chaotic Mixing and Cross-Stream Transport in Idealized Models of Oceanic Currents
• Oceans from Space and Operative Oceanography
• Large-Scale Mixing and Transport in the Ocean with Synoptic Lagrangian Maps
• Identification and Study of Eddies in Altimetric and Numerically Generated Velocity Fields
• Large-Scale Mixing and Transport in the Sea of Japan/East Sea
• Impact of the Alaskan Stream Flow on Transport in the North-Western Pacific Ocean
• Lagrangian Fronts in the Ocean and Favorable Fishing Grounds
• Lagrangian Simulation of Propagation of Fukushima-Derived Radionuclides and their Monitoring in the Ocean
• Appendix. Numerical codes and receipts.