Descriptive Physical Oceanography
An Introduction
By- Lynne Talley, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA
- George L. Pickard, U. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- William J. Emery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- James H. Swift, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, USA
Hardbound, 560 Pages
Published: April 2011
Imprint: Academic Press
ISBN: 978-0-7506-4552-2
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to descriptive physical oceanography
Chapter 2: Ocean dimensions, shapes and bottom materials
Chapter 3: Physical properties of seawater
Chapter 4: Typical distributions of water characteristics
Chapter 5: Mass, salt and heat budgets and wind forcing
Chapter 6: Data analysis concepts and observational methods
Chapter 7: Dynamical processes for descriptive ocean circulation
Chapter 8: Gravity waves, tides, and coastal oceanography
Chapter 9: Atlantic Ocean
Chapter 10: Pacific Ocean
Chapter 11: Indian Ocean
Chapter 12: Arctic Ocean and Nordic Seas
Chapter 13: Southern Ocean
Chapter 14: Global circulation and water propertiesSupplemental 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 Methods
