E-Book Overview
The sixth edition of Descriptive Physical Oceanography provides an introduction to descriptive physical oceanography for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. The emphasis is on large-scale oceanography, based mainly in observations, with some topics from waves and coastal oceanography also included. Topics include the physical properties of seawater, heat and salt budgets, instrumentation, data analysis methods, introductory dynamics, oceanography and climate variability of each of the oceans and of the global ocean, and brief introductions to the physical setting, waves, and coastal oceanography.
- Expanded ocean basin descriptions, including ocean climate variability, emphasizing dynamical context
- New chapters on global ocean circulation and introductory ocean dynamics
- Companion website containing PowerPoint figures, supplemental chapters, and practical exercises for analyzing a global ocean data set using Java OceanAtlas
E-Book Information
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Year: 2,011
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Edition: 6
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Pages: 983
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Pages In File: 983
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Language: English
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Topic: 32
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Identifier: 0750645520,9780750645522
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Org File Size: 99,637,316
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Extension: pdf
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Tags: Науки о Земле Океанология (океанография)
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Toc: Cover......Page 1 Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction......Page 3 Color Plates......Page 4Contents......Page 6S5 Mass, Salt, and Heat Budgets and Wind Forcing: Supplementary Materials......Page 5141 Introduction to Descriptive Physical Oceanography......Page 101.1 Overview......Page 111.2 Space and TimeScales of Physical Oceanographic Phenomena......Page 122.1 Dimensions......Page 162.2 Plate Tectonics and Deep-Sea Topography......Page 182.4 Spatial Scales......Page 232.5 Shore, Coast, and Beach......Page 242.7 Deep Ocean......Page 262.9 Methods for Mapping Bottom Topography......Page 282.10 Bottom Material......Page 292.11 Ocean Basins......Page 30S9 Atlantic Ocean: Supplementary Materials......Page 743.1 Molecular Properties of Water......Page 377.2 Momentum Balance......Page 387.3 Temperature, Salinity, and Density Evolution......Page 403.3.3 Potential Temperature......Page 413.4 Salinity and Conductivity......Page 423.5 Density of Seawater......Page 453.5.2 Effect of Pressure on Density: Potential Density......Page 473.5.3 Specific Volume and Specific Volume Anomaly......Page 483.5.4 Effect of Temperature and Salinity on Compressibility: Isentropic Surfaces and Neutral Density......Page 493.5.5 Linearity and Nonlinearity in the Equation of State......Page 513.5.6 Static Stability and Brunt-Väisälä Frequency......Page 523.6 Tracers......Page 543.7 Sound in the Sea......Page 573.8.1 Optical Properties......Page 623.8.2 Ocean Color......Page 663.9.1 Freezing Process......Page 683.9.2 Brine Rejection......Page 693.9.4 Mechanical Properties of Sea Ice......Page 703.9.5 Types of Sea Ice and its Motion......Page 713.9.6 Polynyas and Leads......Page 72<