Ocean Currents
A derivative of the Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences
Edited By- John Steele, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Steve Thorpe, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, and Bangor University, U.K.
- Karl Turekian, Yale University, Connecticut, USA
Ocean Currents is a derivative of the Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, 2nd Edition and serves as an important reference on current ocean current knowledge and expertise in one convenient and accessible source. Its selection of articles?all written by experts in their field?focuses on key ocean current concepts. Its topics include ocean currents, the circulation of deep water, the contrasting circulations of the seas, the circulation in fjords, estuaries and the effects of rivers, and the intermittency and variability of the oceans. Ocean Currents serves as an ideal reference for topical research.
Audience
professionals, researchers, and graduate students in the marine sciences
Paperback, 0 pages
Published: June 2010
Imprint: Academic Press
ISBN: 978-0-08-096486-7
Contents
1. The Oceans
1.1. The Atlantic Ocean
1.2 The Pacific Ocean
1.3 The Indonesian Throughflow1.4 The Indian Ocean
1.5 The Southern Ocean1.6 The Arctic Ocean
2. The abyssal circulation3. Enclosed or Semi-Enclosed Seas, Fjords, Estuaries and Rivers
4. Gravity and turbidity currents, and flows in channels5. Eddies and waves
6. Circulation and related modelsAppendices
