Oceanography and Surface Layer Meteorology in the B/C Scale
Global Atmospheric Research Program Atlantic Tropical Experiment (Gate)
- 1st Edition - October 2, 2013
- Latest edition
- Editor: Gerold Siedler
- Language: English
Oceanography and Surface Layer in Meteorology in the B/C Scale is a collection of papers that deals with the oceanic and atmospheric boundary layers in the region in or close to… Read more
Oceanography and Surface Layer in Meteorology in the B/C Scale is a collection of papers that deals with the oceanic and atmospheric boundary layers in the region in or close to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in the Eastern Atlantic. Papers discuss global atmospheric circulation to improve weather prediction and climate modeling in line with the objectives of the Global Atmospheric Research Programme (GARP). In particular, the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE) addresses the means of estimating the effects of smaller tropical weather systems on synoptic scale circulations. GATE also facilitates the development of numerical modeling and prediction methods. One paper compares a mathematical representation of the transport of energy by convective clouds and the cloud free environment with a relationship based on the physical structure of the cloud and environment. Another paper analyzes model simulations made for various upwelling velocities, rainfall events, wind stress events, diurnal heating cycles, and internal tidal forcing using the GATE dominant scales of tropical weather systems. The model simulations show that in the GATE C-Scale demarcation area, no single process dominates. The collection will be appreciated by meteorologists, environmentalists, merchant marines, students studying hydrology, and by people working in the general earth sciences.
Introduction to a Collection of Papers on GATE Oceanography and Surface Layer Meteorology
Vertical Mass and Energy Transports by Cumulus Clouds in the Tropics
Vertical Eddy Motion and Energy Transfer at Very Low Altitudes Over the Tropical Atlantic Ocean
Influence of Synoptic Scale Disturbances on Surface Fluxes of Latent and Sensible Heat
Mean Diurnal and Shorter Period Variations in the Air-Sea Fluxes and Related Parameters During GATE
Response of Upper Ocean Temperatures to Diurnal and Synoptic-Scale Variations of Meteorological Parameters in the GATE B-Scale Area
Changes in the Upper Ocean within the C-Scale Array During Phase III
Variability of the Upper Ocean Mass Field in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic During GATE
Transition in Water Mass Properties Between 200 and 500 Meters Depth in the GATE B-Array
Internal Wave Kinematics in the Upper Tropical Atlantic
Wind-Driven Inertial Waves Observed During Phase III of GATE
A Note on Near-Surface VACM Measurements Made from three Different Kinds of Surface Moorings
Low-Frequency Forcing of the Tropical Atlantic Ocean Under the ITCZ During GATE
Turbulence Closure Model Applied to the Upper Tropical Ocean
Average Microstructure Levels and Vertical Diffusion for Phase III, GATE
- Edition: 1
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- Published: October 2, 2013
- Language: English
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Gerold Siedler
Gerold Siedler is a physical oceanographer at the marine research institute in Kiel/Germany. He established a highly regarded ocean observing unit and participated in almost 30 research cruises. His research focused on ocean processes and circulation in all three oceans. He was professor at Kiel University, Director of the marine research institute IfM (1976-1978) and Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences (1991-1992) at Kiel University. In addition he worked as visiting investigator abroad, in particular at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the USA, including teaching in the WHOI/MIT joint program. He performed research at the University of Miami, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Pasadena, the University of Hawaii in the USA, the Laboratory for the Physics of the Ocean, Paris and Ifremer/Brest in France, and as a Humboldt researcher at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He served in leading functions in major international ocean/climate programs, in particular GATE and WOCE. He was a vice-president of the Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean (IAPSO, 1975-1979) and a president of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR, 1983-1988) at ICSU. He published 77 peer-reviewed papers, authored or edited 4 books and contributed to 18 books. He is now Emeritus Professor at Kiel University.
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