Principles of Ocean Physics

✍ Scribed by John R. Apel (Eds.)

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 654
• Series: International Geophysics 38
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In recent years, significant advances in both the theoretical and observational sides of physical oceanography have allowed the ocean's physical behavior to be described more quantitatively. This book discusses the physical mechanisms and processes of the sea, and will be valuable not only to oceanographers but also physicists, graduate students, and scientists working in dynamics or optics of the marine environment.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Edited by
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Pages v-vi
J.R. A.

Acknowledgments
Page vii
John R. Apel

Publisher's Credits
Page viii

Dedication
Page xiv

Chapter One Physical Oceanography: An Overview
Pages 1-12

Chapter Two Forcing Functions and Responses
Pages 13-60

Chapter Three Hydrodynamic Equations of the Sea
Pages 61-86,86a,87-121

Chapter Four Thermodynamics and Energy Relations
Pages 123-159

Chapter Five Geophysical Fluid Dynamics I: Waves and Tides
Pages 161-246

Chapter Six Geophysical Fluid Dynamics II: Currents and Circulation
Pages 247-338,338a,338b,338c,338d,339-342

Chapter Seven Acoustical Oceanography
Pages 343-404

Chapter Eight Electromagnetics and the Sea
Pages 405-510

Chapter Nine Optics of the Sea
Pages 511-605

Appendix One Fundamental Physical Constants
Page 607

Appendix Two Astronomical and Geodetic Parameters
Page 608

Appendix Three Representative Values for Oceanic and Atmospheric Parameters
Pages 609-611

Appendix Four Electrical Parameters
Page 612

Appendix Five Dimensionless Numbers for Fluids
Pages 613-614

Index
Pages 615-631

✦ Subjects

Науки о Земле;Океанология (океанография);