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Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction, Fourth Enlarged Edition considers the synoptic or descriptive aspects of physical oceanography with considerable illustrative materials and some 45 additional figures. This book is divided into nine chapters, and begins with an introduction to the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pickard, George L.
Otros Autores: Emery, William J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1982.
Edición:4th enl. ed. (in SI units).
Colección:Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies.
Temas:
Oceanography.
Oceanography
Oc�eanographie.
oceanography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 2. OCEAN DIMENSIONS, SHAPES AND BOTTOM MATERIALS
  • 2.1 Dimensions
  • 2.2 Sea-floor dimensions
  • 2.3 Bottom material
  • CHAPTER 3. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SEA-WATER
  • 3.1 Vocabulary
  • 3.2 Properties of pure water
  • 3.3 Salinity and conductivity
  • 3.4 Temperature
  • 3.5 Density
  • 3.6 Other characteristic properties
  • 3.7 Sound in the sea
  • 3.8 Light in the sea
  • 3.9 Colour of sea-water
  • CHAPTER 4. TYPICAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF WATER CHARACTERISTICS IN THE OCEANS4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Density distribution
  • 4.3 Temperature distribution
  • 4.4 Salinity distribution
  • 4.5 Dissolved oxygen distribution
  • 4.6 Other water-motion tracers
  • CHAPTER 5. WATER, SALT AND HEAT BUDGETS OF THE OCEANS
  • 5.1 Conservation of volume
  • 5.2 Conservation of salt
  • 5.3 Conservation of Heat Energy; the Heat Budget
  • CHAPTER 6. INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Instruments
  • 6.3 Graphical presentation of data
  • CHAPTER 7. CIRCULATION AND WATER MASSES OF THE OCEANS7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Southern Ocean
  • 7.3 Atlantic Ocean
  • 7.4 North Atlantic Adjacent Seas
  • 7.5 Arctic Sea
  • 7.6 Pacific Ocean
  • 7.7 Indian Ocean
  • 7.8 Red Sea and Persian Gulf
  • CHAPTER 8. COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHY
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Coastal upwelling
  • 8.3 Estuaries
  • CHAPTER 9 SOME DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE WORK
  • APPENDIX: Units Used in Descriptive Physical Oceanography
  • Introduction
  • Relevant SI Units
  • Units used in Physical Oceanography and Some Numerical Examples

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