Regional Oceanography: An Introduction 2nd edn
by Tomczak, Matthias & J Stuart Godfrey
ISBN: 9789352221486
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2022
Price : Rs. 14195.00
Biblio : xi+390p., figs., tabls., ind., 25 cm
About The Book
Regional Oceanography: An Introduction presents an introduction to the physical oceanography of the world ocean for students of all fields of marine sciences. Rather than presenting its material in a simple geographical framework, the book uses ocean dynamics as a frame of reference. Students of marine biology, chemistry, geology and engineering therefore find it useful as an introduction to basic ocean dynamics. The presentation of the regional distribution of properties is based on the modern
Table of Contents
Contents Chapter 1: Introduction: What Drives the Ocean Currents? Chapter 2: Temperature, Salinity, Density and the Oceanic Pressure Field; Chapter 3: The Coriolis Force, Geostrophy, Rossby Waves and the Westward Intensification; Chapter 4: Ekman Layer Transports, Ekman Pumping, and the Sverdrup Balance; Chapter 5: Water Mass Formation, Subduction and the Oceanic Heat Budget; Chapter 6: Antarctic Oceanography; Chapter 7: Arctic Oceanography: The Path of North Atlantic Deep Water; Chapter 8: The
