Ocean circulation /

This second edition retains the general structure of the first edition, but. has been updated in the light of recent oceanographic research, and improved. as a teaching text on the basis of feedback from past students and other. readers. Notable additions include new sections addressing the topic of...

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Corporate Authors: ScienceDirect (Online service), Open University. Oceanography Course Team
Other Authors: Colling, Angela
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Boston : Butterworth Heinemann, in association with the Open University, 2001.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This second edition retains the general structure of the first edition, but. has been updated in the light of recent oceanographic research, and improved. as a teaching text on the basis of feedback from past students and other. readers. Notable additions include new sections addressing the topic of. numerical modelling, and more discussion of natural oscillations in the. ocean-atmosphere system (previously confined to the El Niño phenomenon). In. particular, the Chapter on the North Atlantic now includes a discussion of. the North Atlantic Oscillation, as well as of the Great Salinity Anomaly.
Physical Description:1 online resource (286 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 256) and index.
ISBN:9780080537948
0080537944
1281034959
9781281034953
9786611034955
6611034951