Title The atmosphere and ocean : a physical introduction / Neil Wells

Edition Second edition Published Chichester ; New York : Wiley, [1997] ©1997

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Description ix, 394 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm Contents 1. The Earth within the Solar System -- 2. Composition and Physical Properties of the Ocean and Atmosphere -- 3. Radiation, Temperature and Stability -- 4. Water in the Atmosphere -- 5. Global Budgets of Heat, Water and Salt -- 6. Observations of Winds and Currents -- 7. The Influence of the Earth's Rotation on Fluid Motion -- 8. Waves and Tides -- 9. Energy Transfer in the Ocean - Atmosphere System -- 10. Climate Variability and Predictability -- App. A. Standard International (SI) Units -- App. B. SI Unit Prefixes Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [366]-379) and index. 1. The Earth within the Solar System -- 2. Composition and Physical Properties of the Ocean and Atmosphere -- 3. Radiation, Temperature and Stability -- 4. Water in the Atmosphere -- 5. Global Budgets of Heat, Water and Salt -- 6. Observations of Winds and Currents -- 7. The Influence of the Earth's Rotation on Fluid Motion -- 8. Waves and Tides -- 9. Energy Transfer in the Ocean - Atmosphere System -- 10. Climate Variability and Predictability -- App. A. Standard International (SI) Units -- App. B. SI Unit Prefixes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [366]-379) and index Subject Atmospheric physics. Oceanography. LC no. 96048904 ISBN 0471962163 (alk. paper)

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