Ocean Circulation
2nd Edition
Published on 14. May 2014
287 pages
978-0-08-053794-8 (ISBN)
Description
This second edition retains the general structure of the first edition, buthas been updated in the light of recent oceanographic research, and improvedas a teaching text on the basis of feedback from past students and otherreaders.Notable additions include new sections addressing the topic ofnumerical modelling, and more discussion of natural oscillations in theocean-atmosphere system (previously confined to the El Niño phenomenon). Inparticular, the Chapter on the North Atlantic now includes a discussion ofthe North Atlantic Oscillation, as well as of the Great Salinity Anomaly. Inthe final Chapter, treatment of water mass formation has been updated toreflect recent ideas about the processes involved and how they relate toclimatic change over different time-scales, from decades to millennia.High quality full colour diagramsSubstantial chapter summaries ideal for revisionAnswers, hints and notes for questions at back of the book
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Edition
2nd ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United Kingdom
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ISBN-13
978-0-08-053794-8 (9780080537948)
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Content
Introduction; The atmosphere and the ocean; Ocean currents; The North Atlantic gyre: observations and theories; Other major current systems; Global fluxes and the deep circulation; Suggested further reading; Answers and comments to questions.
