Descriptive Physical Oceanography
An Introduction

The long-awaited sixth edition of the classic physical oceanography textbook revised and updated for a new generation of oceanography students http://booksite.academicpress.com/DPO/index.php

Lynne D. Talley (Author)

9780750645522, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 10 June 2011

564 pages
23.4 x 19 x 3.2 cm, 1.005 kg

"This book and ancillary web-based appendices are a valuable reference for the modern-day seabird ecologist, providing a wealth of baseline information and serving as a language guide for describing physical oceanography…I highly recommend this updated classic text on descriptive physical oceanography." --Marine Ornithology Volume 40, No. 1, 2012

Descriptive Physical Oceanography, Sixth Edition, provides an introduction to the field with an emphasis on large-scale oceanography based mainly on observations. Topics covered include the physical properties of seawater, heat and salt budgets, instrumentation, data analysis methods, introductory dynamics, oceanography and climate variability of each of the oceans and of the global ocean, and brief introductions to the physical setting, waves, and coastal oceanography.

1. Introduction to descriptive physical oceanography2. Ocean dimensions, shapes and bottom materials3. Physical properties of seawater4. Typical distributions of water characteristics5. Mass, salt and heat budgets and wind forcing6. Data analysis concepts and observational methods7. Dynamical processes for descriptive ocean circulation8. Gravity waves, tides, and coastal oceanography9. Atlantic Ocean10. Pacific Ocean11. Indian Ocean12. Arctic Ocean and Nordic Seas13. Southern Ocean14. Global circulation and water properties

Subject Areas: Oceanography [seas RBKC]