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OverviewThis second edition retains the general structure of the first edition, but has been updated in the light of recent oceanographic research, and improved as a teaching text on the basis of feedback from past students and other readers. Notable additions include new sections addressing the topic of numerical modelling, and more discussion of natural oscillations in the ocean-atmosphere system (previously confined to the El Nino phenomenon). In particular, the Chapter on the North Atlantic now includes a discussion of the North Atlantic Oscillation, as well as of the Great Salinity Anomaly. In the final Chapter, treatment of water mass formation has been updated to reflect recent ideas about the processes involved and how they relate to climatic change over different time-scales, from decades to millennia. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Open Open University (Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK)Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.912kg ISBN: 9780750652780ISBN 10: 0750652780 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 17 September 2001 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock Table of ContentsReviews...remains an excellent choice for a course that introduces ocean circulation and physical oceanography in an intuitive nonmathematical way. Without much advanced mathematics, the book continues to present the basic dynamics of ocean circulation without getting bogged down in derivations. For those who want a nonmathematical introduction to ocean circulation and physical oceanography, Ocean Circulation continues to be the text of choice - The Bulletin of the American Meteorlogical Society """...remains an excellent choice for a course that introduces ocean circulation and physical oceanography in an intuitive nonmathematical way. Without much advanced mathematics, the book continues to present the basic dynamics of ocean circulation without getting bogged down in derivations. For those who want a nonmathematical introduction to ocean circulation and physical oceanography, Ocean Circulation continues to be the text of choice."" --The Bulletin of the American Meteorlogical Society" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |