Climate and the Oceans /

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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Vallis, Geoffrey K.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Basics of Climate; 2 The Oceans: A Descriptive Overview; 3 A Brief Introduction to Dynamics; 4 The Ocean Circulation; 5 The Ocean's Overall Role in Climate; 6 Climate Variability from Weeks to Years; 7 Global Warming and the Ocean; Notes; Further Reading; Glossary; References; Index.

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