A view of the sea : a discussion between a chief engineer and an oceanographer about the machinery of the ocean circulation / by Henry Stommel

Author: Stommel, Henry M., 1920-1992
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1987]
Copyright Date: ©1987
Physical Description: xiv, 165 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents

Gravity and pressure -- The Earth's rotation -- The Coriolis force -- Measuring the density field -- Geostrophic velocity -- A Chinese puzzle -- The chief tries his hand -- Exceptions to our three rules -- Various kinds of blocks -- The Luyten algorithm -- A model on a personal computer -- The chief gives me a lecture -- Complications -- The viper's jaws.

Subject(s)

Ocean circulation

ISBN

0691084580 (alk. paper)

Note

Includes index.

Bibliography Note

Bibliography: page 161.

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