The atmosphere and ocean : a physical introduction

The Atmosphere and Ocean is a fully revised and updated student friendly physical introduction to the atmosphere and ocean. Now in its Third Edition , the book continues to provide students with an accessible description of the atmosphere and ocean with emphasis on their physical properties and inte...

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Main Author: Wells, Neil C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley , c2011
Edition:3rd ed
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260 |a Hoboken, New Jersey :   |b Wiley ,   |c c2011 
300 |a vii, 411 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-384) and index 
505 0 |a 1. The earth within the solar system -- 2. Composition and physical properties of the ocean and atmosphere -- 3. Radiation, temperature and stability -- 4. Water in the atmosphere -- 5. Global budgets of heat, water and salt -- 6. Observations of winds and currents -- 7. The influence of the earth's rotation on fluid motion -- 8. Waves and tides -- 9. Energy transfer in the ocean-atmosphere system -- 10. Mathematical modelling of the ocean and atmosphere -- 11. Atmosphere-ocean interaction -- 12. climate change 
520 |a The Atmosphere and Ocean is a fully revised and updated student friendly physical introduction to the atmosphere and ocean. Now in its Third Edition , the book continues to provide students with an accessible description of the atmosphere and ocean with emphasis on their physical properties and inter-dependence 
650 0 |a Atmospheric physics 
650 0 |a Oceanography 
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