Atmosphere, ocean, and climate dynamics [electronic resource] : an introductory text / John Marshall and R. Alan Plumb.
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TextSeries: International geophysics series ; v. 93.Publication details: Amsterdam ; [Burlington, MA] : Elsevier Academic Press, c2008.Description: xx, 319 p. : ill. (some col.)Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification: - 551.5/246 22
- QC880.4.A8 M348 2008eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-305) and index.
Characteristics of the atmosphere -- The global energy balance -- The vertical structure of the atmosphere -- Convection -- The meridional structure of the atmosphere -- The equations of fluid motion -- Balanced flow -- The general circulation of the atmosphere -- The ocean and its circulation -- The wind-driven circulation -- The thermohaline circulation of the ocean -- Climate and climate variability.
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