Keywords:
Oceanography.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (343 pages)
Edition:
5th ed.
ISBN:
9781483287263
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=4573433
DDC:
551.46
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the Fifth Edition -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction -- CHAPTER 2. Ocean Dimensions, Shapes and Bottom Materials -- 2.1 Dimensions -- 2.2 Sea-floor Dimensions -- 2.3 Bottom Material -- CHAPTER 3. Physical Properties of Sea-Water -- 3.1 Vocabulary -- 3.2 Properties of Pure Water -- 3.3 Temperature -- 3.4 Salinity and Conductivity -- 3.5 Density -- 3.6 Other Characteristic Properties -- 3.7 Sound in the Sea -- 3.8 Light in the Sea -- 3.9 Colour of Sea-Water -- CHAPTER 4. Typical Distributions of Water Characteristics in the Oceans -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Temperature Distribution -- 4.3 Salinity Distribution -- 4.4 Density Distribution -- 4.5 Dissolved Oxygen Distribution -- 4.6 Other Water-Motion Tracers -- 4.7 Transparency of the upper ocean from Secchi disc measurements -- CHAPTER 5. Water, Salt and Heat Budgets of the Oceans -- 5.1 Conservation of Volume -- 5.2 Conservation of Salt -- 5.3 Conservation of Heat Energy -- the Heat Budget -- CHAPTER 6. Instruments and Methods -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Instruments -- 6.3 Platforms -- 6.4 Age of ocean water -- 6.5 Graphical Presentation of Data -- CHAPTER 7. Circulation and Water Masses of the Oceans -- 7.1 Introduction -- mechanisms -- 7.2 Southern Ocean -- 7.3 Atlantic Ocean -- 7.4 North Atlantic Adjacent Seas -- 7.5 Arctic Sea -- 7.6 Pacific Ocean -- 7.7 Indian Ocean -- 7.8 Red Sea and Persian Gulf -- CHAPTER 8. Coastal Oceanography -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Coastal Upwelling -- 8.3 Ekman Circulation in Shallow Water -- 8.4 Estuaries -- 8.5 Coral Reefs -- CHAPTER 9. Some Directions for Future Work -- APPENDIX: Units used in Descriptive Physical Oceanography -- Introduction -- Relevant SI Units -- Units used in Physical Oceanography and Some Numerical Examples.
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Bibliography -- Index.
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