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Mathematical Background and Methods of Ocean Modelling

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The oceans and marginal seas play an important role in the global climate system. Their surface and deep currents redistribute heat, salt, and chemical compounds all over the world. Ocean and shelf sea thermohaline circulations have a complicated vertical and horizontal structure which is determined by atmospheric forcing, sea ice, distribution of continents, and bottom relief.

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  1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Gubkina 8, Moscow, Russia 119991

    Prof.Dr. Artem S. Sarkisyan

  2. Institute of Oceanography, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany

    Prof.Dr. Jürgen E. Sündermann

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Sarkisyan, A.S., Sündermann, J.E. (2009). Mathematical Background and Methods of Ocean Modelling. In: Modelling Ocean Climate Variability. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9208-4_1

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