03831nam 2200613 a 450 991080996070332120200520144314.01-281-03495-997866110349550-08-053794-4(CKB)1000000000350657(EBL)313721(OCoLC)476103474(SSID)ssj0000213450(PQKBManifestationID)11187409(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000213450(PQKBWorkID)10151529(PQKB)10889518(MiAaPQ)EBC313721(Au-PeEL)EBL313721(CaPaEBR)ebr10190755(CaONFJC)MIL938608(OCoLC)935264291(PPN)160490685(EXLCZ)99100000000035065720011127d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOcean circulation2nd ed. /prepared by Angela Colling for the Course Team.Boston Butterworth Heinemann, in association with the Open University20011 online resource (287 pages)1-4832-9269-X 0-7506-5278-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 256) and index.Front Cover; OCEAN CIRCULATION; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; ABOUT THIS VOLUME; ABOUT THIS SERIES; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 THE RADIATION BALANCE OF THE EARTH-OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; 1.2 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2. THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE OCEAN; 2.1 THE GLOBAL WIND SYSTEM; 2.2 POLEWARD TRANSPORT OF HEAT BY THE ATMOSPHERE; 2.3 ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTION; 2.4 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3. OCEAN CURRENTS; 3.1 THE ACTION OF WIND ON SURFACE WATERS; 3.2 INERTIA CURRENTS; 3.3 GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; 3.4 DIVERGENCES AND CONVERGENCES; 3.5 THE ENERGY OF THE OCEAN: SCALES OF MOTION3.6 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4. THE NORTH ATLANTIC GYRE: OBSERVATIONS AND THEORIES; 4.1 THE GULF STREAM; 4.2 THE SUBTROPICAL GYRES; 4.3 MODERN OBSERVATIONS AND STUDIES OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC GYRE; 4.4 COASTAL UPWELLING IN EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS; 4.5 THE NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; 4.6 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5. OTHER MAJOR CURRENT SYSTEMS; 5.1 EQUATORIAL CURRENT SYSTEMS; 5.2 MONSOONAL CIRCULATION; 5.3 THE ROLE OF LONG WAVES IN OCEAN CIRCULATION; 5.4 EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; 5.5 CIRCULATION IN HIGH LATITUDES; 5.6 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 5CHAPTER 6. GLOBAL FLUXES AND THE DEEP CIRCULATION 6.1 THE OCEANIC HEAT BUDGET; 6.2 CONSERVATION OF SALT; 6.3 OCEAN WATER MASSES; 6.4 OCEANIC MIXING AND TEMPERATURE-SALINITY DIAGRAMS; 6.5 NON-CONSERVATIVE AND ARTIFICIAL TRACERS; 6.6 GLOBAL FLUXES OF HEAT AND FRESHWATER; 6.7 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 6; SUGGESTED FURTHER READING; ANSWER AND COMMENTS TO QUESTIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEXThis second edition retains the general structure of the first edition, but has been updated in the light of recent oceanographic research, and improved as a teaching text on the basis of feedback from past students and other readers.Notable additions include new sections addressing the topic of numerical modelling, and more discussion of natural oscillations in the ocean-atmosphere system (previously confined to the El Niño phenomenon). In particular, the Chapter on the North Atlantic now includes a discussion of the North Atlantic Oscillation, as well as of theOcean circulationOcean circulation.551.47/01Colling Angela630380Open University.Oceanography Course Team.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809960703321Ocean circulation1206197UNINA