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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Talley, Lynne D. (Autor), Pickard, George L. (Autor), Emery, William J. (Autor), Swift, James H. (Oceanographer) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, [2011]
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.