The Indian Ocean and its Role in the Global Climate System

ISBN-13: 9780128226988 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024

Caroline Ummenhofer; Raleigh R. Hood

Spis treści

1. Introduction to the Indian Ocean
2. A brief historical overview of the maritime Indian Ocean world
3. Past, present, and future of the South Asian monsoon
4. Intraseasonal variability in the Indian Ocean region
5. Climate phenomena of the Indian Ocean
6. Extreme events and impacts in the Indian Ocean
7. Impacts of the Indian Ocean on regional and global climate
8. Indian Ocean circulation
9. Oceanic basin connections
10. Decadal Indian Ocean variability
11. Indian Ocean primary productivity and fisheries variability
12. Oxygen, carbon, and pH variability in the Indian Ocean
13. Nutrient, phytoplankton and zooplankton variability in the Indian Ocean
14. Air-sea exchange and its impact on biogeochemistry in the Indian Ocean
15. Microbial ecology of the Indian Ocean
16. Physical and biogeochemical characteristics of the Indian Ocean marginal seas
17. The Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS)
18. Modeling the Indian Ocean
19. Paleoclimate evidence of Indian Ocean variability across a range of timescales
20. Future projections for the tropical Indian Ocean