Descriptive physical oceanography : an introduction / by George L. Pickard and William J. Emery

Author:: Pickard, George L.
Published:: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1982.
Edition:: 4th enl. ed. (in SI units).
Physical Description:: xiv, 249 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:: Emery, William J.

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Contents:

OCEAN DIMENSIONS, SHAPES AND BOTTOM MATERIALS: Dimensions -- Sea-floor dimensions -- Bottom material -- PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SEA-WATER: Vocabulary -- Properties of pure water -- Salinity and conductivity -- Temperature -- Density -- Other characteristic properties -- Sound in the sea -- Light in the sea -- Colour of sea-water -- TYPICAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF WATER CHARACTERISTICS IN THE OCEANS: Density distribution -- Temperature distribution -- Salinity distribution -- Dissolved oxygen distribution -- Other water-motion tracers -- WATER, SALT AND HEAT BUDGETS OF THE OCEANS: Conservation of volume -- Conservation of salt -- Conservation of Heat Energy; the Heat Budget -- INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS: Instruments -- Graphical presentation of data -- CIRCULATION AND WATER MASSES OF THE OCEANS: Southern Ocean -- Atlantic Ocean -- North Atlantic Adjacent Seas -- Arctic Sea -- Pacific Ocean -- Indian Ocean -- Red Sea and Persian Gulf -- COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHY: Coastal upwelling -- Estuaries.

Subject(s):

Oceanography

ISBN:

0080262805
0080262791 (flexicover)

Note:

Includes index.

Bibliography Note:

Bibliography: pages 233-241.

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