Descriptive physical oceanography : an introduction /
The sixth edition of Descriptive Physical Oceanography provides an introduction to descriptive physical oceanography for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. The emphasis is on large-scale oceanography, based mainly in observations, with some topics from waves and coastal oceanography also...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Academic Press,
[2011]
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Edición: | Sixth edition. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction to Descriptive Physical Oceanography
- 2. Ocean Dimensions, Shapes, and Bottom Materials
- 3. Physical Properties of Seawater
- 4. Typical Distributions of Water Characteristics
- 5. Mass, Salt, and Heat Budgets and Wind Forcing
- 6. Data Analysis Concepts and Observational Methods
- 7. Dynamical Processes for Descriptive Ocean Circulation
- 8. Gravity Waves, Tides, and Coastal Oceanography
- 9. Atlantic Ocean
- 10. Pacific Ocean
- 11. Indian Ocean
- 12. Arctic Ocean and Nordic Seas
- 13. Southern Ocean
- 14. Global Circulation and Water Properties.