Descriptive Physical Oceanography, Sixth Edition: An Introduction

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

• Year: 2,011

• Edition: 6

• Pages: 983

• Pages In File: 983

• Language: English

• Topic: 32

• Identifier: 0750645520,9780750645522

• Org File Size: 99,637,316

• Extension: pdf

• Tags: Науки о Земле Океанология (океанография)

• Toc: Cover......Page 1 Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction......Page 3 Color Plates......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 S5 Mass, Salt, and Heat Budgets and Wind Forcing: Supplementary Materials......Page 514 1 Introduction to Descriptive Physical Oceanography......Page 10 1.1 Overview......Page 11 1.2 Space and TimeScales of Physical Oceanographic Phenomena......Page 12 2.1 Dimensions......Page 16 2.2 Plate Tectonics and Deep-Sea Topography......Page 18 2.4 Spatial Scales......Page 23 2.5 Shore, Coast, and Beach......Page 24 2.7 Deep Ocean......Page 26 2.9 Methods for Mapping Bottom Topography......Page 28 2.10 Bottom Material......Page 29 2.11 Ocean Basins......Page 30 S9 Atlantic Ocean: Supplementary Materials......Page 74 3.1 Molecular Properties of Water......Page 37 7.2 Momentum Balance......Page 38 7.3 Temperature, Salinity, and Density Evolution......Page 40 3.3.3 Potential Temperature......Page 41 3.4 Salinity and Conductivity......Page 42 3.5 Density of Seawater......Page 45 3.5.2 Effect of Pressure on Density: Potential Density......Page 47 3.5.3 Specific Volume and Specific Volume Anomaly......Page 48 3.5.4 Effect of Temperature and Salinity on Compressibility: Isentropic Surfaces and Neutral Density......Page 49 3.5.5 Linearity and Nonlinearity in the Equation of State......Page 51 3.5.6 Static Stability and Brunt-Väisälä Frequency......Page 52 3.6 Tracers......Page 54 3.7 Sound in the Sea......Page 57 3.8.1 Optical Properties......Page 62 3.8.2 Ocean Color......Page 66 3.9.1 Freezing Process......Page 68 3.9.2 Brine Rejection......Page 69 3.9.4 Mechanical Properties of Sea Ice......Page 70 3.9.5 Types of Sea Ice and its Motion......Page 71 3.9.6 Polynyas and Leads......Page 72<