Advanced Ocean Modelling Using Open-Source Software /

• Main Author: Kämpf, Jochen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climatology.; Geophysics.; Oceanography.; Atmospheric sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

This book introduces the reader to advanced methods used in the computer-based modelling of fluid processes. This includes nonhydrostatic processes such as breaking internal waves and density-driven convection, but the model code is also used to simulate an El-Niño event! The book contains 25 practi...