Principles of ocean physics /

In recent years, significant advances in both the theoretical and observational sides of physical oceanography have allowed the ocean's physical behavior to be described more quantitatively. This book discusses the physical mechanisms and processes of the sea, and will be valuable not only to o...

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Main Author: Apel, John R.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Orlando : Academic Press, ©1988.
Series:International geophysics series ; v. 38.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In recent years, significant advances in both the theoretical and observational sides of physical oceanography have allowed the ocean's physical behavior to be described more quantitatively. This book discusses the physical mechanisms and processes of the sea, and will be valuable not only to oceanographers but also physicists, graduate students, and scientists working in dynamics or optics of the marine environment.
Item Description:Errata sheet inserted.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 634 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 603-605) and index.
ISBN:9780080570747
0080570747
012058865X
9780120588657
9786611712792
6611712798
ISSN:0074-6142 ;