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OverviewDescriptive Physical Oceanography, Sixth Edition, provides an introduction to the field with an emphasis on large-scale oceanography based mainly on observations. Topics covered include the physical properties of seawater, heat and salt budgets, instrumentation, data analysis methods, introductory dynamics, oceanography and climate variability of each of the oceans and of the global ocean, and brief introductions to the physical setting, waves, and coastal oceanography. This updated version contains ocean basin descriptions, including ocean climate variability, emphasizing dynamical context; new chapters on global ocean circulation and introductory ocean dynamics; and a new companion website containing PowerPoint figures, lecture and study guides, and practical exercises for analyzing a global ocean data set using Java OceanAtlas. This text is ideal for undergraduates and graduate students in marine sciences and oceanography. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lynne D. Talley (Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA)Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Imprint: Academic Press Inc.(London) Ltd Edition: 6th edition ISBN: 9780081015469ISBN 10: 0081015461 Pages: 560 Publication Date: 30 October 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Replaced By: 9780128050972 Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of Contents1. 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 Supplemental texts (web only): Chapter S1: Brief history of physical oceanography; Chapter S7: (expanded) Dynamical processes for descriptive ocean circulation; Chapter S8: Gravity waves, tides, and coastal oceanography (additional materials); Chapter S15: Climate and the oceans; Chapter S16: Instruments and MethodsReviewsThis book and ancillary web-based appendices are a valuable reference for the modern-day seabird ecologist, providing a wealth of baseline information and serving as a language guide for describing physical oceanography...I highly recommend this updated classic text on descriptive physical oceanography. --Marine Ornithology Volume 40, No. 1, 2012 Author InformationLynne Talley is a Professor of Oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), University of California San Diego. Lynne is a seagoing oceanographer with research interests in the water mass distributions and circulation of the world ocean. She is a graduate of Oberlin College (B.A. in physics) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program (Ph.D. in physical oceanography). She has been an editor of the Journal of Physical Oceanography and has served on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (AR4 and AR5), many committees of the National Academy of Sciences, and planning and steering committees for major field programs, including the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) of the 1990s and the U.S. Global Ocean Carbon and Repeat Hydrography Program. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Geophysical Union, the Oceanography Society, and the American Meteorological Society. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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