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Elements of physical oceanography/ edited by Steve A. Thorpe

Contributor(s): Thorpe, Steve A., edMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Encyclopedia of ocean sciencesPublication details: Boston: Academic Press, 2013Description: x, 647 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cmISBN: 9780080964850Subject(s): Oceanography | Marine sciences | Marine ecology DDC classification: 551.4603

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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.

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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.

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