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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| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
Wiley ,
c2011
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| Edition: | 3rd ed |
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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