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The Oceanic Thermohaline Circulation

An Introduction

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  • © 2007

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Authors:
  1. Hendrik M. Aken

    1. Department of Physical Oceanography, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Burg/Texel, The Netherlands

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  • First book to specifically and thoroughly describe thermohaline circulation, a crucial element in the climate system

Part of the book series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library (ATSL, volume 39)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-14

  3. The ocean basins

    Pages 15-19

  4. Pressure, temperature, salinity, and some thermohaline dynamics

    Pages 21-44

  5. Water mass and tracer analysis of the deep flow in the Atlantic Ocean

    Pages 45-78

  6. The deep flow in the Southern, Indian, and Pacific oceans

    Pages 79-102

  7. The upper branch of the THC

    Pages 103-120

  8. Formation and descent of water masses

    Pages 121-151

  9. Dynamics of the THC

    Pages 153-185

  10. Deep upwelling and mixing

    Pages 187-203

  11. Energetics of the THC

    Pages 205-227

  12. Simple models, boundary conditions, and feedbacks

    Pages 229-268

  13. The THC and different climates

    Pages 269-304

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 305-328
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About this book

 This book presents a global hydrographic description of the thermohaline circulation, an introduction to the theoretical aspects of this phenomenon, and observational evidence for the theory. The hydrographic description and the observational evidence are based on data sources, available via internet, mainly from the World Oceanographic Experiment (WOCE).  With the hydrographic description and observational evidence also comes an introduction to hydrographic analysis and interpretation.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"Van Aken (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) introduces THC to students in physical oceanography and related fields who can do simple math. … Appropriate for undergraduate oceanography or research library collections. … Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; faculty and researchers." (L. S. Zipp, CHOICE, Vol. 44 (11), July, 2007)

"This book presents various aspects of the world ocean thermohaline circulation (THC) … . My conclusion is that the book represents a rather complete and well done evaluation of the THC; it can be used by students of different backgrounds … . More especially, it can be useful for M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in oceanography, and to a certain extent also for students in meteorology as additional textbook. … I recommend the book warmly to oceanography graduate students." (Miroslav Gacic, Journal of Sedimentary Research, November, 2007)

"In this book, Hendrik van Aken provides descriptions of the thermohaline circulations (based on observations), of the essential aspects of its coupling to the atmosphere, and of its dynamics. … The Oceanic Thermohaline Circulation: An Introduction could be used in a university course in oceanography, particularly as a primer for inspiring numerical modelers, who often need to know more about the ocean." (Arnold L. Gordon, Bulletin of the American Metrological Society, October, 2008)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physical Oceanography, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Burg/Texel, The Netherlands

    Hendrik M. Aken

About the author

 Dr. Hendrik van Aken has been an observational oceanographer for over 25 years. He mainly deals with regional oceanography. He headed the Dutch contribution ot the WOCE Hydrographic Program (WHP), and is presently active in CLIVAR projects. Dr. Van Aken has done extensive research in the fields of climate hydrographic variability and aspects of the global thermohaline  circulation.

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