Ocean Circulation: Prepared by an Open University Course Team - Softcover

Open University, Open

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750652780 ISBN 13: 9780750652780

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001

Synopsis

This second edition retains the general structure of the first edition, buthas been updated in the light of recent oceanographic research, and improvedas a teaching text on the basis of feedback from past students and otherreaders.Notable additions include new sections addressing the topic ofnumerical modelling, and more discussion of natural oscillations in theocean-atmosphere system (previously confined to the El Niño phenomenon). Inparticular, the Chapter on the North Atlantic now includes a discussion ofthe North Atlantic Oscillation, as well as of the Great Salinity Anomaly. Inthe final Chapter, treatment of water mass formation has been updated toreflect recent ideas about the processes involved and how they relate toclimatic change over different time-scales, from decades to millennia.

High quality full colour diagramsSubstantial chapter summaries ideal for revisionAnswers, hints and notes for questions at back of the book

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Review

...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

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Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750652780
• ISBN 13: 9780750652780
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288