The ocean plays a central role in determining the climate of the earth. The oceanic circulation largely controls the temporal evolution of cli mate changes resulting from human activities such as the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and also affects the magnitude and regional distribu...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Willebrand, Jrgen (HerausgeberIn), Anderson, David L. T. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1993
Schriftenreihe:	NATO ASI Series, Series I: Global Environmental Change 11
Schlagworte:	Earth Sciences Oceanography Atmospheric Sciences Geoecology/Natural Processes Nature Conservation Ecology Earth sciences Atmospheric sciences Geoecology Environmental geology Nature conservation Wechselwirkung Atmosphäre Mathematisches Modell Klimatologie Meer Konferenzschrift > 1992 > Les Houches
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Zusammenfassung:	The ocean plays a central role in determining the climate of the earth. The oceanic circulation largely controls the temporal evolution of cli mate changes resulting from human activities such as the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and also affects the magnitude and regional distribution of those changes. On interannual and longer time scales the ocean is, through its interaction with the atmosphere, a source of important natural climate variations which we are only now beginning to recognise but whose cause has yet to be properly determined. Chem ical and biological processes in the ocean are linked to climate change, particularly through interaction with the global carbon cycle. A quantitative understanding of the oceanic role in the climate system requires models which include many complex processes and interactions, and which are systematically verified with observations. This is the ob jective of global research programs such as TOGA, WOCE, and JGOFS. Coupled numerical models of the oceanic and atmospheric circulation constitute the basis of every climate simulation. Increasingly it is recog nized that in addition a biological/chemical component is necessary to capture the pathways of carbon and other trace gases. The development of such coupled models is a challenging task which needs scientists who must be cognizant of several other disciplines beyond their own specialty
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 472 p)
ISBN:	9783642849756
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-642-84975-6