Keywords:
Oceanography.
;
Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (269 pages)
Edition:
4th ed.
ISBN:
9781483278773
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1839443
DDC:
551.46
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 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 Salinity and conductivity -- 3.4 Temperature -- 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 Density distribution -- 4.3 Temperature distribution -- 4.4 Salinity distribution -- 4.5 Dissolved oxygen distribution -- 4.6 Other water-motion tracers -- 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 Graphical presentation of data -- CHAPTER 7. CIRCULATION AND WATER MASSES OF THE OCEANS -- 7.1 Introduction -- 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 Estuaries -- 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 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Journal and Review Article References -- INDEX.
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