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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wells, Neil C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley , c2011
Edition:3rd ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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