Topics in Oceanography
Oceanography is the par excellence interdisciplinary science thanks to its peculiar setting within a fluid environment that makes connections extremely efficient. The oceans connections are well mirrored in the chapters of this book that share a quite explicit multidisciplinary and multi-environmental character. The book provides chapters on very different topics under very different settings, some with a focused angle, others with a broader approach, yet all sharing the idea that we need to understand the small pieces in order to put together the big picture for a much larger mechanism, the functioning of the ocean as a whole
Author(s): NA
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This note introduces students to oceanographic processes active at the Earth's surface and their relationship to other components of the Earth's overall environment including climate variability and Global Change issues. Topics covered includes: Structure of the Earth, The Earth's Ocean Basins, Plate Tectonics, The Earth's Atmosphere and Heat Budget, Ocean Waves and Tides, Surface Ocean Circulation, he Nature and Properties of Water, Variability of Water in the World's Oceans, Deep Ocean Circulation, Weathering and Erosion, Marine Sedimentation, Coastal Environments and Beach Processes, Nutrients and Dissolved Gases in the World's Oceans, Systematics of Marine Biology, Marine Ecology - Trophic Levels and Food Webs, Marine Ecosystems, Coral Reef Ecosystems, Paleoclimate/Paleoceanography, Managing the Ocean Ocean Resources.
Author(s): Steve Lund
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Lecture Notes in Physical Oceanography by Odd Henrik Selen Eyvind Aas
This note explains the following topics: Extent Of The Oceans And Their Divisions, Chemical Properties Of Seawater, Physical Properties Of Seawater, Influence Of Atmosphere On The Sea, Global Distribution Of T, S, Equations And Models For Motion In The Sea, Circulation Of The Oceans, Waves, Tides.
Author(s): Odd Henrik Selen Eyvind Aas
108 Pages
Wave Motion in the Ocean and the Atmosphere
This lecture note provides an introduction to basic ideas of geophysical wave motion in rotating, stratified, and rotating-stratified fluids. Subject begins with general wave concepts of phase and group velocity. It also covers the dynamics and kinematics of gravity waves with a focus on dispersion, energy flux, initial value problems, etc.
Author(s): Prof. Paola Rizzoli
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