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Main Title Advanced Ocean Modelling Using Open-Source Software / [electronic resource] :
Type EBOOK
Author Kämpf, Jochen.
Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
Year Published 2010
Call Number GC1-1581
ISBN 9783642106101
Subjects Geography ; Physical geography ; Meteorology ; Oceanography
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10610-1
Collation XIII, 181 p. online resource.
Notes
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes
1D Models of Ekman Layers -- Basics of Nonhydrostatic Modelling -- 2.5D Vertical Slice Modelling -- 3D Level Modelling. This book introduces the reader to advanced methods used in the computer-based modelling of fluid processes. This includes nonhydrostatic processes such as breaking internal waves and density-driven convection, but the model code is also used to simulate an El-Niño event! The book contains 25 practical exercises, using freely available Open-Source software suites, which are widely used by the scientific community. In this book, the art of hydrodynamic modelling is made available and transparent to a wider readership. An attractive byproduct of the book is that results are animations rather than still images. Model codes and animation scripts for all exercises are supplied on a website. The reader can adopt model codes for own independent studies