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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449665703321

Autore

Csanady G. T.

Titolo

Air-sea interaction : laws and mechanisms / / G.T. Csanady ; illustrations prepared by Mary Gibson [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001

ISBN

1-107-12193-0

1-280-43288-8

1-139-16467-8

0-511-17367-9

0-511-04124-1

0-511-15284-1

0-511-30214-2

0-511-04707-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 239 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

551.5/24

Soggetti

Ocean-atmosphere interaction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-236) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1 The Transfer Laws of the Air-Sea Interface; Chapter 2 Wind Waves and the Mechanisms of Air-Sea Transfer; Chapter 3 Mixed Layers in Contact; Chapter 4 Hot Towers; Chapter 5 The Ocean s WarmWaterSphere; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Air-Sea Interaction: Laws and Mechanisms, first published in 2001, provides a comprehensive account of how the atmosphere and the ocean interact to control the global climate, what physical laws govern this interaction, and its prominent mechanisms. In the early twenty-first century air-sea interaction emerged as a subject in its own right, encompassing small-scale and large-scale processes in both air and sea. By developing its subject from basic physical (thermodynamic) principles, the book is broadly accessible to a wide audience. It is mainly directed towards graduate students and research scientists in meteorology, oceanography, and environmental engineering. The book will be of value on entry level courses in meteorology and



oceanography, and also to the broader physics community interested in the treatment of transfer laws, and thermodynamics of the atmosphere and ocean.