Ocean Circulation and Climate

Part I: The oceans’ role in the climate system<br>1 The ocean as a component of the climate system<br>2 Paleoclimatic ocean circulation and sea level changes<br>Part II: Ocean observations<br>3 In-situ ocean observations: A brief history, present status and future directions<br>4 Remote sensing of the global ocean circulation<br>Part III: Ocean processes <br>5 Exchanges through the ocean surface <br>6 Thermodynamics of seawater<br>7 Diapycnal mixing processes in the ocean interior<br>8 Lateral transport in the ocean interior<br>9 Global distribution and formation of mode waters<br>10 Deep water formation<br>Part IV: Ocean circulation and water masses<br>11 Conceptual models of the wind-driven and thermohaline circulation<br>12 Ocean surface circulation <br>13 Western boundary currents<br>14 Currents and processes along the eastern boundaries<br>15 The tropical ocean circulation and dynamics<br>16 The marine cryosphere<br>17 The Arctic and subarctic oceans/seas<br>18 Dynamics of the Southern Ocean circulation<br>19 Inter-ocean and inter-basin exchanges<br>Part V: Modeling the ocean climate system<br>20 Ocean circulation models and modeling<br>21 Dynamically and kinematically consistent global ocean circulation and ice state estimates<br>22 Methods and applications of ocean synthesis in climate research <br>23 Coupled models and climate projections<br>24 The oceans’ role in modeling and predicting seasonal-to-interannual climate variations<br>25 The oceans’ role in modeling and predicting decadal climate variations<br>26 Modeling ocean biogeochemical processes and resulting tracer distributions<br>Part VI: The changing ocean<br>27 Sea-level and ocean heat-content change<br>28 Long-term salinity changes and implications for the global water cycle<br>29 Ocean heat transport<br>30 The marine carbon cycle and ocean carbon inventories<br>31 Marine ecosystems, biogeochemistry, and climate