Ocean circulation and El Nino : new research / John A. Long and David S. Wells, editors.

Includes bibliographical references at chapter ends, and index.

Research and review studies ; Seasonal cycle variations on the supercontinent of Pangaea : implications for the early Jurassic paleoceanography of the European epicontinental sea / Carmen Arias -- Modal decomposition for oceanic circulation : applications for a high-resolution model and Lagrangian data / L. M. Ivanov and C. A. Collins -- Ocean circulation from altimetry : progresses and challenges / Yongsheng Xu, Jianke Li and Shenfu Dong -- Ocean circulation : an overview and current trends in research / Bernd J. Haupt -- Temporal variability of the Florida current transport at 27°N / G. Peng, Z. Garraffo, G. R. Halliwell, O. M. Smedstad, C. S. Meinen, V. Kourafalou, and P. Hogan -- Global climate change and biotic-abiotic interactions in the Northern Chilean semiarid zone : potential long-term consequences of increased El Niños / Peter L. Meserve, Julio R. Gutiérrez, Douglas A. Kelt, M. Andrea Previtali, Andrew Engilis, Jr., and W. Bryan Milstead --

Managing climate variability in agricultural analysis / Victor E. Cabrera, Daniel Solis, Guillermo A. Baigorria, and David Letson -- ENSO impacts on European winter rainfalls and their modulation by leading Euro-Atlantic teleconnections / D. Zanchettin, P. Traverso, and M. Tomasino -- Effects of El Niño southern oscillation (ENSO) on marine fish and shellfish populations and their habitats in North America / Paulinus Chigbu, Joseph W. Love, and Joshua J. Newhard -- Coral color : reflection and absorption / Noga Stambler -- Short communications ; Interannual and intraseasonal variability in the boreal summer Asian monsoon before and after climate regime shift of mid-1970s as revealed in the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis / Igor I. Zveryaev -- El Niño and coral reefs / M. James C. Crabbe, Emma L. L. Walker, and David B. Stephenson.

Progress toward better understanding of ocean variability is closely linked to the development of signal processing tools for multi-scale analysis of ocean flows. This book includes a review of recent progress in physical oceanography, such as results on studying ocean circulation and mesoscale ocean dynamics derived from satellite altimetry. Ocean currents are driven by wind as well as by thermal differences. This book examines the basic functions of the global three dimensional thermohaline circulation and its influence on climate. The impacts of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on tropical climates are well-established. Research is presented to provide a relationship to the European climates. In the semiarid zones of western South America, for example, implications of increased rainfall during ENSO warm phases are multiple and complex. An investigation of the interannual and intraseasonal variability in the summer wind fields in the Asian monsoon system is presented. The book also includes information from the scientific community on the state-of-art studies related to climate risk in agriculture and helps to identify priorities for ongoing and future research.

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