Introductory Dynamical Oceanography

'introductory Dynamical Oceanography' 2nd Ed Provides An Introduction To Dynamical Physical Oceanography At A Level Suitable For Senior Year Undergraduate Students In The Sciences And For Graduate Students Entering Oceanography. It Aims To Present The Basic Objectives, Procedures And Successes And To State Some Of The Present Limitations Of Dynamical Oceanography And Its Relations To Descriptive Physical Oceanography. The First Edition Has Been Thoroughly Revised And Updated And The New Work Includes Reference To The Practical Salinity Scale 1978, The International Equation Of State 1980 And The Beta-spiral Technique For Calculating Absolute Currents From The Density Distribution. In Addition The Description Of Mixed-layer Models Has Been Updated And The Chapters On Waves And On Tides Have Been Substantially Revised And Enlarged, With Emphasis On Internal Waves In The Waves Chapter. While The Text Is Self-contained Readers Are Recommended To Acquaint Themselves With The General Aspects Of Descriptive (synoptic) Oceanography In Order To Be Aware Of The Character Of The Ocean Which The Dynamical Oceanographer Is Attempting To Explain By Referring To Pickard And Emery's 'descriptive Physical Oceanography' 4th Edition. Content: Other books of interest , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Preface , Pages v-vii List of Main Symbols used in Text , Pages xv-xix Acknowledgements , Page xx 1 - Introduction , Pages 1-4 2 - Properties of Sea Water relevant to Physical Oceanography , Pages 5-11 3 - The Basic Physical Laws used in Oceanography and Classifications of Forces and Motions in the Sea , Pages 12-15 4 - The Equation of Continuity of Volume , Pages 16-23 5 - Stability and Double Diffusion , Pages 24-32 6 - The Equation of Motion in Oceanography , Pages 33-43 7 - The Role of the Non-linear Terms and the Magnitudes of Terms in the Equations of Motion , Pages 44-62 8 - Currents without Friction: Geostrophic Flow , Pages 63-99 9 - Currents with Friction; Wind-driven Circulation , Pages 100-162 10 - Thermohaline Effects , Pages 163-174 11 - Numerical Models , Pages 175-206 12 - Waves , Pages 207-252 13 - Tides , Pages 253-281 14 - Some Presently Active and Future Work , Pages 282-286 Appendix 1 - Mathematical Review with Some Elementary Fluid Mechanics , Pages 287-301 Appendix 2 - Units Used in Physical Oceanography , Pages 302-307 Appendix 3 - Sources of Information for the Estimation of Specific Volume and Density from Values of Salinity, Temperature and Pressure , Pages 308-311 Bibliography , Pages 312-319 Index , Pages 321-329