The volumes in this series are all presented in the same style and format, and together provide a comprehensive introduction to marine science. Ocean Basins deals with structure and formation of oceanic crust, hydrothermal circulation, and factors affecting sea-level. Seawater considers the seawater solution and leads naturally into Ocean Circulation, which is the 'core'of the series. It provid…
This book is based on the lecture notes for the graduate and undergraduate courses in hydrography as offered at the Departement of Geomatics Engineering of the University of Calgary and the Departement of Mathematical Geodesy and Positioning of Delft University og Technology. The purpose of the book is to present an introduction to and an overview of the broad field of hydrography. Since there …
The efficacy of sound to penetrate the seas made acoustic systems in the past century the leading tools for sensing objects in and measuring properties of the seas. For over 60 years, the US Office of Naval Research (ONR) has been a major sponsor of undersea research and development at universities, national laboratories, and industrial organizations. Appropriately ONR is the sponsor of this mo…
Air-Sea Interaction : Laws and Mechanisms provides a comprehensive account of how the atmosphere and the ocean interact to control the global climate, what physical laws govern this interaction, and what are its prominent mechanisms. In recent years air-sea interaction has emerged as a subject in its own right, encompassing small-scale and large-scale processes in both air and sea. A novel feat…
This book arose from a series of lecture notes compiled for a course on Estuaries given to a post-graduate class in the Oceanography Department, Southampton University.