The Indian Ocean and its Role in the Global Climate System

Caroline C. Ummenhofer, Raleigh R. Hood, Caroline C. Ummenhofer, Raleigh R. Hood

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9780128226988
• eBook ISBN:
  9780128232866
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Geophysics

The Indian Ocean and its Role in the Global Climate System provides an overview of our contemporary understanding of the Indian Ocean (geology, atmosphere, ocean, hydrology, biogeochemistry) and its role in the climate system. It describes the monsoon systems, Indian Ocean circulation and connections with other ocean basins. Climatic phenomena in the Indian Ocean are detailed across a range of timescales (seasonal, interannual to multi-decadal). Biogeochemical and ecosystem variability is also described. The book will provide a summary of different tools (e.g., observations, modeling, paleoclimate records) that are used for understanding Indian Ocean variability and trends. Recent trends and future projections of the Indian Ocean, including warming, extreme events, ocean acidification and deoxygenation will be detailed. The Indian Ocean is unique and different from other tropical ocean basins due to its geography. It is traditionally under-observed and understudied, yet plays a fundamental role for regional and global climate. The vagaries of the Asian monsoon affect over a billion people and a third of the global population live in the vicinity of the Indian Ocean. It is also particularly vulnerable to climate change, with robust warming and trends in heat and freshwater observed in recent decades. Advances have recently been made in our understanding of the Indian Ocean's circulation, interactions with adjacent ocean basins, and its role in regional and global climate. Nonetheless, significant gaps remain in understanding, observing, modeling, and predicting Indian Ocean variability and change across a range of timescales. As such, this book is the perfect compendium to any researcher, student, teacher/lecturer in the fields of oceanography, atmospheric science, paleoclimate, environmental science, meteorology and geology, as well as policy managers and water resource managers. - Provides interdisciplinary content with a comprehensive overview for students and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines as well as for stakeholders - Presents a broad overview and background on the current state of knowledge of the variability, change, and regional impacts of the Indian Ocean - Includes links to animations, slideshows, and other educational resources

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• Preface
• Glossary
• Acronyms
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1 : Introduction to the Indian Ocean⊛
• Chapter 2 : A brief historical overview of the maritime Indian Ocean World (ancient times to 1950)⊛
• Chapter 3 : Past, present, and future of the South Asian monsoon⊛
• Chapter 4 : Intraseasonal variability in the Indian Ocean region⊛
• Chapter 5 : Climate phenomena of the Indian Ocean⊛
• Chapter 6 : Extreme events in the Indian Ocean: Marine heatwaves, cyclones, and tsunamis⊛
• Chapter 7 : Impacts of the Indian Ocean on regional and global climate⊛
• Chapter 8 : Indian Ocean circulation⊛
• Chapter 9 : Oceanic basin connections⊛
• Chapter 10 : Decadal variability of the Indian Ocean and its predictability⊛
• Chapter 11 : Indian Ocean primary productivity and fisheries variability⊛
• Chapter 12 : Oxygen, carbon, and pH variability in the Indian Ocean⊛
• Chapter 13 : Nutrient, phytoplankton, and zooplankton variability in the Indian Ocean⊛
• Chapter 14 : Air-sea exchange and its impacts on biogeochemistry in the Indian Ocean⊛
• Chapter 15 : Microbial ecology of the Indian Ocean⊛
• Chapter 16 : Physical and biogeochemical characteristics of the Indian Ocean marginal seas⊛
• Chapter 17 : The Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS)⊛
• Chapter 18 : Modeling the Indian Ocean⊛
• Chapter 19 : Paleoclimate evidence of Indian Ocean variability across a range of timescales⊛
• Chapter 20 : Future projections for the tropical Indian Ocean⊛
• Index
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