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The warmwatersphere of the North Atlantic Ocean
Krauss, W. (Ed.) (1996). The warmwatersphere of the North Atlantic Ocean. Gebrüder Borntraeger: Berlin, Stuttgart. ISBN 3-443-01033-4. 444 pp.

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  • Krauss, W. (1996). Comments on the development of our knowledge of the general circulation of the North Atlantic Ocean, in: Krauss, W. (Ed.) The warmwatersphere of the North Atlantic Ocean. pp. 1-31, more
  • Hasse, L.; Lindau, R.; Ruprecht, E. (1996). Climatological fluxes at the sea surface, in: Krauss, W. (Ed.) The warmwatersphere of the North Atlantic Ocean. pp. 33-54, more
  • Marotzke, J.; Willebrand, J. (1996). The North Atlantic mean circulation: combining data and dynamics, in: Krauss, W. (Ed.) The warmwatersphere of the North Atlantic Ocean. pp. 55-90, more
  • Böning, C.W.; Bryan, F.O. (1996). Large-scale transport processes in high-resolution circulation models, in: Krauss, W. (Ed.) The warmwatersphere of the North Atlantic Ocean. pp. 91-128, more
  • Rahmstorf, S.; Marotzke, J.; Willebrand, J. (1996). Stability of the thermohaline circulation, in: Krauss, W. (Ed.) The warmwatersphere of the North Atlantic Ocean. pp. 129-157, more
  • Stammer, D. (1996). Generation and distribution of mesoscale eddies in the North Atlantic Ocean, in: Krauss, W. (Ed.) The warmwatersphere of the North Atlantic Ocean. pp. 159-193, more
  • Stramma, L.; Schott, F. (1996). Western equatorial circulation and interhemispheric exchange, in: Krauss, W. (Ed.) The warmwatersphere of the North Atlantic Ocean. pp. 195-227, more
  • Schott, F.; Molinari, R.L. (1996). The western boundary circulation of the tropical warmwatersphere, in: Krauss, W. (Ed.) The warmwatersphere of the North Atlantic Ocean. pp. 229-252, more
  • Dengg, J.; Beckmann, A.; Gerdes, R. (1996). The Gulf Stream separation problem, in: Krauss, W. (Ed.) The warmwatersphere of the North Atlantic Ocean. pp. 253-290, more
  • Käse, R.H.; Krauss, W. (1996). The Gulf Stream, the North Atlantic Current, and the origin of the Azores Current, in: Krauss, W. (Ed.) The warmwatersphere of the North Atlantic Ocean. pp. 291-337, more
  • Siedler, G.; Onken, R. (1996). Eastern recirculation, in: Krauss, W. (Ed.) The warmwatersphere of the North Atlantic Ocean. pp. 339-364, more
  • Käse, R.H.; Zenk, W. (1996). Structure of the Mediterranean water and meddy characteristics in the Northeastern Atlantic, in: Krauss, W. (Ed.) The warmwatersphere of the North Atlantic Ocean. pp. 365-395, more

Abstract
    The Atlantic Ocean plays a dominant role in the global climate system due to its unique thermohaline circulation: it is the only ocean in which heat is transported from the southern to the northern hemisphere, yielding the mild climate of Europe and influencing the climate system on the entire globe. In 12 chapters the book The Warmwatersphere of the North Atlantic Ocean describes our present knowledge of currents and stratification of the North Atlantic, the meriodional heat transport by the thermohaline circulation, the resulting air-sea interactions on climate scales, and the stability of this system. This knowledge is based on historical data, numerous expeditions during the last decades, satellite data and the results of numerical models. 20 scientists of the Institut für Meereskunde in Kiel and American institutes contributed to this book. They were actively engaged in North Atlantic research during the years 1980--1994 within the Collaborative Research Center «Warmwatersphere Program of the Atlantic Ocean». They give a synopsis of our present knowledge of the circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean. The book primarily addresses oceanographers, meteorologists and the broad community working on climate research. With a few exceptions, mathematical descriptions are reduced to a minimum; the detailed explanation of the main current systems, the oceanic eddy fields and the interpretation of the general circulation by numeric models will also be of interest to neighboring disciplines. The book reviews the most recent advances in its field.

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