The atmosphere and ocean : a physical introduction

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Title:

The atmosphere and ocean : a physical introduction

Author:

Wells, Neil.

ISBN:

9780471962168

Personal Author:

Wells, Neil.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c1997.

Physical Description:

ix, 394 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Contents:

1. The Earth within the Solar System -- 2. Composition and Physical Properties of the Ocean and Atmosphere -- 3. Radiation, Temperature and Stability -- 4. Water in the Atmosphere -- 5. Global Budgets of Heat, Water and Salt -- 6. Observations of Winds and Currents -- 7. The Influence of the Earth's Rotation on Fluid Motion -- 8. Waves and Tides -- 9. Energy Transfer in the Ocean - Atmosphere System -- 10. Climate Variability and Predictability -- App. A. Standard International (SI) Units -- App. B. SI Unit Prefixes.

Subject Term:

Atmospheric physics.

Oceanography.

Electronic Access:

Table of Contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix01/96048904.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley031/96048904.html

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Summary

This book is unique in bringing together the diverse concepts and ideas of meteorologists, atmospheric physicists and oceanographers into a single coherent account of the fluid environment, with emphasis on their physical properties and inter-dependence rather than on the mathematics. It provides an up-to-date appreciation of the subject area with reference to major research programmes in Oceanography and Meteorology, and an invaluable combined perspective for undergraduates who tend to compartmentalise themselves. It also shows the way the subject is currently developing and suggests possible future research.