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Advanced Ocean Modelling: Using Open-Source Software

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Contentsxiii5.7 TheThermohalineCirculation...............................1465.7.1 TheAbyssalCirculation .............................1465.7.2 The Stommel-Arons Model . . . ........................1465.8 Exercise24:TheAbyssalCirculation.........................1485.8.1 Aim ..............................................1485.8.2 TaskDescription....................................1485.8.3 Results............................................1505.8.4 Additional Exercise for the Reader . ....................1525.8.5 Improved Float Tracking . . . . . ........................1525.9 The Equatorial Barrier . . ...................................1555.9.1 Inertial Oscillations About the Equator . . . . .............1555.9.2 VariationtoExercise24..............................1565.9.3 Results............................................1565.9.4 Additional Exercise for the Reader . ....................1575.10 Equatorial Waves . . . . . . . ...................................1585.10.1 Background . . . . . ...................................1585.10.2 Equatorial Kelvin Waves . . . . . ........................1585.10.3 Other Equatorially Trapped Waves . ....................1595.11 The El-Niño Southern Oscillation . . . . ........................1615.11.1 Background . . . . . ...................................1615.12 Exercise 25: Simulation of an El-NiñoEvent...................1625.12.1 Aim ..............................................1625.12.2 TaskDescription....................................1625.12.3 The Smagorinsky Turbulence Closure Scheme . . . . . ......1645.12.4 Warning...........................................1645.12.5 Results............................................1645.12.6 Additional Exercises for the Reader . . . . . . . .............1655.13 <strong>Advanced</strong> Lateral Boundary Conditions . . . ....................1665.13.1 Background . . . . . ...................................1665.13.2 Consistency........................................1665.13.3 InflowConditions...................................1665.13.4 OutflowConditions .................................1675.13.5 Zero-GradientConditions ............................1685.13.6 RadiationConditions ................................1695.13.7 Sponge Layers and Low-Pass Grid Filters . . .............1705.14 FinalRemark .............................................1715.15 Technical Information . . . ...................................171Bibliography .......................................................173List of Exercises ....................................................177Index .............................................................179

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