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Air-sea interaction : laws and mechanisms /
"Air-Sea Interaction, Laws and Mechanisms provides a comprehensive account of how the atmosphere and the ocean interact to control the global climate, what physical laws govern this interaction, and what are its prominent mechanisms. A novel feature of the book is the treatment of empirical law...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Air-Sea Interaction, Laws and Mechanisms provides a comprehensive account of how the atmosphere and the ocean interact to control the global climate, what physical laws govern this interaction, and what are its prominent mechanisms. A novel feature of the book is the treatment of empirical laws of momentum, heat, and mass transfer, across the air-sea interface as well as across thermoclines, as laws of nonequilibrium thermodynamics, with focus on entropy production. Thermodynamics also underlies the treatment of the overturning circulations of the atmosphere and the ocean. Highlights are thermodynamic cycles, the important function of "hot towers" in drying out of moist air, and oceanic heat transport from the tropics to polar regions By developing its subject from basic physical (thermodynamic) principles, the book is broadly accessible to a wide audience." "The book is mainly directed toward graduate students and research scientists in meteorology, oceanography, and environmental engineering. The book also will be of value on entry level courses in meteorology and oceanography, and to the broader physics community interested in the treatment of transfer laws, and thermodynamics of the atmosphere and ocean."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 239 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511041241 9780511041242 0521792592 9780521792592 0521796806 9780521796804 9781139164672 1139164678 1280432888 9781280432880 0511152841 9780511152849 051104707X 9780511047077 9786610432882 6610432880 |