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The oceans exert a vital moderating influence on the Earth's climate system. They provide inertia to the global climate, essentially acting as the pacemaker of climate variability and change, and they provide heat to high latitudes, keeping them habitable. Climate and the Oceans offers a short,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Vallis, Geoffrey K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Oceanography > Research.
Ocean circulation.
Ocean-atmosphere interaction.
Climatic changes.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.
climate change.
Climat > Changements.
Interaction mer-atmosphere.
Circulation oceanique.
Oceanographie > Recherche.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The oceans exert a vital moderating influence on the Earth's climate system. They provide inertia to the global climate, essentially acting as the pacemaker of climate variability and change, and they provide heat to high latitudes, keeping them habitable. Climate and the Oceans offers a short, self-contained introduction to the subject. This illustrated primer begins by briefly describing the world's climate system and ocean circulation and goes on to explain the important ways that the oceans influence climate. Topics covered include the oceans' effects on the seasons, heat transport between.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (248 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400840625

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