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…
There has been a remarkable increase in the scientific and engineering literature dealing with the coastal zone during the 20 years since publication of the first edition of this text. To suggest that the present edition is a “revision” is therefore something of an understatement. In 1976 when the first edition was published, little was known concerning the patterns of wave transformations …