Lecture Notes in Oceanography
These notes represent the topic
content for physical oceanography. Topics covered includes: The place of
physical oceanography in science, tools and prerequisites: projections and ocean
topography, Objects of study in Physical Oceanography, Properties of seawater,
The Global Oceanic Heat Budget, Distribution of temperature and salinity with
depth; the density stratification , Aspects of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics,
Thermohaline processes; water mass formation; the seasonal thermocline, The
ocean and climate, Waves, Long Wave, Estuaries, Oceanographic instrumentation.
Author(s): Matthias Tomczak
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