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Ocean circulation /
The first two chapters outline the causes of circulation patterns in the atmosphere and oceans, emphasizing the interactions between them. Chapter 3 deals with the surface circulation (including mesoscale eddies), using a minimum of mathematics. Chapter 4 reviews the history of ideas about ocean cir...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, England ; Boston :
Butterworth-Heinemann : in association with Open University,
[1998, 1989]
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| Colección: | S330 (open University). Oceanography Course.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Ocean Circulation; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; ABOUT THIS VOLUME; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 THE RADIATION BALANCE OF THE EARTH-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; 1.2 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2. THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE OCEAN; 2.1 THE GLOBAL WIND SYSTEM; 2.2 POLEWARD TRANSPORT OF HEAT BY THE ATMOSPHERE; 2.3 ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTION; 2.4 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3. OCEAN CURRENTS; 3.1 THE ACTION OF WIND ON SURFACE WATERS; 3.2 INERTIA CURRENTS; 3.3 GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; 3.4 DIVERGENCES AND CONVERGENCES; 3.5 THE ENERGY OF THE OCEAN: SCALES OF MOTION; 3.6 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 3.
- CHAPTER 4. THE NORTH ATLANTIC GYRE: OBSERVATIONS AND THEORIES4.1 THE GULF STREAM; 4.2 THE SUBTROPICAL GYRES; 4.3 MODERN OBSERVATIONS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC GYRE; 4.4 COASTAL UPWELLING IN EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; 4.5 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5. OTHER MAJOR CURRENT SYSTEMS; 5.1 EQUATORIAL CURRENT SYSTEMS; 5.2 MONSOONAL CIRCULATION; 5.4 EL NINO; 5.5 CIRCULATION IN HIGH LATITUDES; 5.6 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6. GLOBAL FLUXES AND THE DEEP CIRCULATION; 6.1 THE OCEANIC HEAT BUDGET; 6.2 CONSERVATION OF SALT; 6.3 OCEANIC WATER MASSES; 6.4 OCEANIC MIXING AND TEMPERATURE-SALlNITY DIAGRAMS.
- 6.5 tracers6.6 global fluxes of heat and freshwater; 6.7 summary of chapter 6; suggested further reading; answers and comments to questions; acknowledgements; index.