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Introduction to Physical Oceanography Robert Stewart

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Open textbook libraryDistributor: Minneapolis, MN Open Textbook LibraryCopyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QE1
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Contents:
1 A Voyage of Discovery -- 2 The Historical Setting -- 3 The Physical Setting -- 4 Atmospheric Influences -- 5 The Oceanic Heat Budget -- 6 Temperature, Salinity, and Density -- 7 The Equations of Motion -- 8 Equations of Motion With Viscosity -- 9 Response of the Upper Ocean to Winds -- 10 Geostrophic Currents -- 11 Wind Driven Ocean Circulation -- 12 Vorticity in the Ocean -- 13 Deep Circulation in the Ocean -- 14 Equatorial Processes -- 15 Numerical Models -- 16 Ocean Waves -- 17 Coastal Processes and Tides
Subject: This textbook covers physical-oceanographic processes, theories, data, and measurements, targeted at upper-division undergraduates and graduate students in oceanography, meteorology, and ocean engineering. In addition to the classical topics, the author includes discussions of heat fluxes, the role of the ocean in climate, the deep circulation, equatorial processes including El Nino, data bases used by oceanographers, the role of satellites and data from space, ship-based measurements, and the importance of vorticity in understanding oceanic flows. Students should have studied differential equations and introductory college physics, although math is de-emphasized.
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1 A Voyage of Discovery -- 2 The Historical Setting -- 3 The Physical Setting -- 4 Atmospheric Influences -- 5 The Oceanic Heat Budget -- 6 Temperature, Salinity, and Density -- 7 The Equations of Motion -- 8 Equations of Motion With Viscosity -- 9 Response of the Upper Ocean to Winds -- 10 Geostrophic Currents -- 11 Wind Driven Ocean Circulation -- 12 Vorticity in the Ocean -- 13 Deep Circulation in the Ocean -- 14 Equatorial Processes -- 15 Numerical Models -- 16 Ocean Waves -- 17 Coastal Processes and Tides

This textbook covers physical-oceanographic processes, theories, data, and measurements, targeted at upper-division undergraduates and graduate students in oceanography, meteorology, and ocean engineering. In addition to the classical topics, the author includes discussions of heat fluxes, the role of the ocean in climate, the deep circulation, equatorial processes including El Nino, data bases used by oceanographers, the role of satellites and data from space, ship-based measurements, and the importance of vorticity in understanding oceanic flows. Students should have studied differential equations and introductory college physics, although math is de-emphasized.

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