Ocean circulation [electronic book] / prepared by an Open University course team.
Contributor(s): Brown, Joan (Joan E.) [author]
| Colling, Angela [author] | Park, Dave [author] | Phillips, John [author] | Rothery, David A [author] | Wright, John [author] | Open University. Oceanography Course Team | Open University.
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BookPublisher: Oxford, England : Butterworth-Heinemann, [1989]Copyright date: ©1989Description: online resource (238 pages) : color illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780750637169 (paperback); 0750637161 (paperback); 9781483292694 (e-book).Subject(s): Ocean circulation | Ocean circulation -- Problems, exercises, etcDDC classification: 551.4701 Online resources: E-book
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| e-BOOK | MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library eBook | 551.4701 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | CIT Module NAUT 8012 - Core reading. |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The first two chapters outline the causes of circulation patterns in the atmosphere and oceans, emphasizing the interactions between them. Chapter 3 deals with the surface circulation (including mesoscale eddies), using a minimum of mathematics.
Chapter 4 reviews the history of ideas about ocean circulation (with special reference to the North Atlantic gyre), and Chapter 5 describes the major current systems at high and low latitudes. The final Chapter returns to the theme of ocean-atmosphere interaction, especially the global transport of heat and freshwater, and the formation of sub-surface water masses.
This volume forms part of an Open University course. It is designed so that it can be read on its own or studied as part of S330 Oceanography, a third-level course for Open University students.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CIT Module NAUT 8012 - Core reading.
Electronic reproduction.: EBSCO/GOBI/ProQuest/Ebook Central. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction
- The atmosphere and the ocean
- Ocean currents
- The North Atlantic gyre: observations and theories
- Other major current systems
- Global fluxes and the deep circulation
- Suggested further reading
- Answers and comments to questions