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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...

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Main Authors: Talley, Lynne D. (Author), Pickard, George L. (Author), Emery, William J. (Author), Swift, James H. (Oceanographer) (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: London ; Burlington, MA : Academic Press, [2011]
Edition:Sixth edition.
Subjects:
Oceanography.
Océanographie.
oceanography.
Oceanography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to Descriptive Physical Oceanography
  • 2. Ocean Dimensions, Shapes, and Bottom Materials
  • 3. Physical Properties of Seawater
  • 4. Typical Distributions of Water Characteristics
  • 5. Mass, Salt, and Heat Budgets and Wind Forcing
  • 6. Data Analysis Concepts and Observational Methods
  • 7. Dynamical Processes for Descriptive Ocean Circulation
  • 8. Gravity Waves, Tides, and Coastal Oceanography
  • 9. Atlantic Ocean
  • 10. Pacific Ocean
  • 11. Indian Ocean
  • 12. Arctic Ocean and Nordic Seas
  • 13. Southern Ocean
  • 14. Global Circulation and Water Properties.