Nonlinear Physical Oceanography : A Dynamical Systems Approach to the Large Scale Ocean Circulation and el Nino

This graduate- and research-level book applies the methodology of dynamical systems theory to investigate the physics of the global ocean circulation, e.g. the dynamics of the Gulf Stream and the El Niño/Southern Oscillation phenomenon. It also deals with the numerical methods for applying bifurcation analysis on large dimensional dynamical systems, which arise through discretization of ocean models. Systematic analysis within a hierarchy of models using these techniques leads to a novel approach in understanding the phenomena of climate variability and an overview is obtained of the relations between the results of the different models within the hierarchy. Mechanistic description of the physics of the results is provided and, where possible, links with results of state-of-the-art models and observations are sought. Each chapter is essentially self-contained and many details of derivations are provided. The second editon has been updated throughout.Dijkstra, Henk A. is the author of 'Nonlinear Physical Oceanography : A Dynamical Systems Approach to the Large Scale Ocean Circulation and el Nino', published 2005 under ISBN 9781402022722 and ISBN 1402022727.