Pickard / Emery Descriptive Physical Oceanography

An Introduction
4. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-7877-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Web PDF

Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction, Fourth Enlarged Edition considers the synoptic or descriptive aspects of physical oceanography with considerable illustrative materials and some 45 additional figures. This book is divided into nine chapters, and begins with an introduction to the basic goal of physical oceanographic study. The next chapters describe the features of the ocean basins, physical properties of seawater, and the ocean's distribution of water characteristics. These topics are followed by discussions of the conservation of seawater volume and salt; the techniques and methods of physical oceanography; and the general features of the main ocean circulations, as well as the circulation and character of the water masses in the individual oceans. The final chapters examine some of the characteristics of coastal oceanography. This book will prove useful to undergraduate and graduate students with oceanography and related subjects.

George Pickard (1913-2007) was a Professor of Oceanography at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and was Director of the UBC Institute of Oceanography from 1958 to 1978. He received his B.A. and his Ph.D. in physics from Oxford. He was appointed to the UBC physics department after service in WWII. George was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Royal Society of Canada, and the National Geographic Society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pickard, George L.

Emery, William J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents ;12
5;CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION;16
6;CHAPTER 2. OCEAN DIMENSIONS, SHAPES AND BOTTOM MATERIALS;20
6.1;2.1 Dimensions;20
6.2;2.2 Sea-floor dimensions;22
6.3;2.3 Bottom material;25
7;CHAPTER 3. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SEA-WATER;27
7.1;3.1 Vocabulary;27
7.2;3.2 Properties of pure water;27
7.3;3.3 Salinity and conductivity;28
7.4;3.4 Temperature;31
7.5;3.5 Density;32
7.6;3.6 Other characteristic properties;37
7.7;3.7 Sound in the sea;37
7.8;3.8 Light in the sea;40
7.9;3.9 Colour of sea-water;42
8;CHAPTER 4. TYPICAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF WATER CHARACTERISTICS IN THE OCEANS;44
8.1;4.1 Introduction;44
8.2;4.2 Density distribution;46
8.3;4.3 Temperature distribution;49
8.4;4.4 Salinity distribution;58
8.5;4.5 Dissolved oxygen distribution;62
8.6;4.6 Other water-motion tracers;63
9;CHAPTER 5. WATER, SALT AND HEAT BUDGETS OF THE OCEANS;65
9.1;5.1 Conservation of volume;65
9.2;5.2 Conservation of salt;66
9.3;5.3 Conservation of Heat Energy; the Heat Budget;69
10;CHAPTER 6. INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS;92
10.1;6.1 Introduction;92
10.2;6.2 Instruments;93
10.3;6.3 Graphical presentation of data;129
11;CHAPTER 7. CIRCULATION AND WATER MASSES OF THE OCEANS;144
11.1;7.1 Introduction;144
11.2;7.2 Southern Ocean;149
11.3;7.3 Atlantic Ocean;157
11.4;7.4 North Atlantic Adjacent Seas;183
11.5;7.5 Arctic Sea;193
11.6;7.6 Pacific Ocean;204
11.7;7.7 Indian Ocean;227
11.8;7.8 Red Sea and Persian Gulf;230
12;CHAPTER 8. COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHY;232
12.1;8.1 Introduction;232
12.2;8.2 Coastal upwelling;234
12.3;8.3 Estuaries;237
13;CHAPTER 9 SOME DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE WORK;243
14;APPENDIX: Units Used in Descriptive Physical Oceanography;249
14.1;Introduction;249
14.2;Relevant SI Units;249
14.3;Units used in Physical Oceanography and Some Numerical Examples;250
15;BIBLIOGRAPHY;252
15.1;Suggestions for Further Reading;252
15.2;Journal and Review Article References;254
16;INDEX;262