Elements of physical oceanography/
Elements of physical oceanography/
edited by Steve A. Thorpe
- Boston: Academic Press, 2013.
- x, 647 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
- Encyclopedia of ocean sciences. .
Elements of physical oceanography: an introduction --
SURFACE WAVES, TIDES, AND SEA LEVEL: Surface gravity and capillary waves --
Wind generation of waves --
Rogue waves --
Waves on beaches --
Wave energy --
Whitecaps and foam --
Breaking waves and near-surface turbulence --
Seiches --
Tsunami --
Storm surges --
Coastal trapped waves --
Tides --
Tidal energy --
Sea level change --
Sea level variations over geological time --
THE AIR-SEA INTERFACE: Heat and momentum fluxes at the sea surface --
Sea surface exchanges of momentum, heat, and fresh water determined by satellite --
Evaporation and humidity --
Freshwater transport and climate --
Air-sea gas exchange --
Air-sea transfer: Dimethyl sulfide, COS, CS₂, NH₄, non-methane hydrocarbons, Organo-halogens --
Air-sea transfer: N₂O, NO, CH₄, CO --
Gas exchanges in estuaries --
Penetrating shortwave radiation --
Radiative transfer in the ocean --
Atmospheric transport and deposition of particulate material in the oceans --
Surface films --
Bubbles --
BOUNDARY LAYERS: THE UPPER OCEAN BOUNDARY LAYERS: Upper ocean vertical structure --
Wind- and bouyancy-forced upper ocean --
Upper ocean space and time variability --
Upper ocean mean horizontal structure --
Upper ocean mixing processes --
Langmuir circulation and instability --
Upper ocean heat and freshwater budgets --
BOUNDARY LAYERS: THE BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER: Turbulence in the Benthic boundary layer --
Benthic boundary layer effects --
BOUNDARY LAYERS: UNDER-ICE BOUNDARY LAYER: Under-ice boundary layer --
Ice-ocean interaction --
INTERNAL WAVES: Internal waves --
Internal tides --
PROCESSES OF DIAPYCNAL MIXING: Three-dimensional (3d) turbulence --
Laboratory studies of turbulent mixing --
Internal tidal mixing --
Estimates of mixing --
Energetics of mixing --
Energetics of ocean mixing --
Fossil turbulence --
Open ocean convection --
Deep convection --
Double-diffusive convection --
Differential diffusion --
Dispersion and diffusion in the deep ocean --
HORIZONTAL DISPERSION, TRANSPORT, AND OCEAN PROPERTIES: Vertical modes --
Intrusions --
Dispersion in shallow seas --
Dispersion from hydrothermal vents --
Nepheloid layers --
Heat transport and climate --
El Nino South Oscillation (ENSO) --
North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) --
Water types and water masses --
Neutral surfaces and the Equation of state --
ICE: Sea ice: overview --
Sea ice: dynamics --
Sea ice --
PROCESSES IN COASTAL AND SHELF SEAS: Beaches, physical processes affecting --
Shelf Sea and slope sea fronts --
APPENDICES: Appendix 1: SI units and some equivalences --
Appendix 2: The Beaufort Wind Scale and Seastate.
9780080964850
Oceanography
Marine sciences
Marine ecology
551.4603 / STE/E
Elements of physical oceanography: an introduction --
SURFACE WAVES, TIDES, AND SEA LEVEL: Surface gravity and capillary waves --
Wind generation of waves --
Rogue waves --
Waves on beaches --
Wave energy --
Whitecaps and foam --
Breaking waves and near-surface turbulence --
Seiches --
Tsunami --
Storm surges --
Coastal trapped waves --
Tides --
Tidal energy --
Sea level change --
Sea level variations over geological time --
THE AIR-SEA INTERFACE: Heat and momentum fluxes at the sea surface --
Sea surface exchanges of momentum, heat, and fresh water determined by satellite --
Evaporation and humidity --
Freshwater transport and climate --
Air-sea gas exchange --
Air-sea transfer: Dimethyl sulfide, COS, CS₂, NH₄, non-methane hydrocarbons, Organo-halogens --
Air-sea transfer: N₂O, NO, CH₄, CO --
Gas exchanges in estuaries --
Penetrating shortwave radiation --
Radiative transfer in the ocean --
Atmospheric transport and deposition of particulate material in the oceans --
Surface films --
Bubbles --
BOUNDARY LAYERS: THE UPPER OCEAN BOUNDARY LAYERS: Upper ocean vertical structure --
Wind- and bouyancy-forced upper ocean --
Upper ocean space and time variability --
Upper ocean mean horizontal structure --
Upper ocean mixing processes --
Langmuir circulation and instability --
Upper ocean heat and freshwater budgets --
BOUNDARY LAYERS: THE BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER: Turbulence in the Benthic boundary layer --
Benthic boundary layer effects --
BOUNDARY LAYERS: UNDER-ICE BOUNDARY LAYER: Under-ice boundary layer --
Ice-ocean interaction --
INTERNAL WAVES: Internal waves --
Internal tides --
PROCESSES OF DIAPYCNAL MIXING: Three-dimensional (3d) turbulence --
Laboratory studies of turbulent mixing --
Internal tidal mixing --
Estimates of mixing --
Energetics of mixing --
Energetics of ocean mixing --
Fossil turbulence --
Open ocean convection --
Deep convection --
Double-diffusive convection --
Differential diffusion --
Dispersion and diffusion in the deep ocean --
HORIZONTAL DISPERSION, TRANSPORT, AND OCEAN PROPERTIES: Vertical modes --
Intrusions --
Dispersion in shallow seas --
Dispersion from hydrothermal vents --
Nepheloid layers --
Heat transport and climate --
El Nino South Oscillation (ENSO) --
North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) --
Water types and water masses --
Neutral surfaces and the Equation of state --
ICE: Sea ice: overview --
Sea ice: dynamics --
Sea ice --
PROCESSES IN COASTAL AND SHELF SEAS: Beaches, physical processes affecting --
Shelf Sea and slope sea fronts --
APPENDICES: Appendix 1: SI units and some equivalences --
Appendix 2: The Beaufort Wind Scale and Seastate.
9780080964850
Oceanography
Marine sciences
Marine ecology
551.4603 / STE/E