Physical Oceanography Developments Since 1950 /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Jochum, Markus (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Murtugudde, Raghu (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Climatology.; Oceanography.; Climate change.; Earth Sciences.; Climate Change.; Earth Sciences, general.

Over the last five decades physical oceanography developed rapidly from a branch of fluid dynamics, with only a few observations, to a mature science with global field programs, large computer resources, and a complex theoretical framework. Today understanding of ice ages, global warming, or predict...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Historical Introduction
• Reminiscences of MODE
• Modeling Ocean Circulation
• Contributions to Global Ocean Observations
• On Reconciling Oceanic and Atmospheric Estimates of Surface Heat Fluxes—and on Validating Greenhouse Models
• El Niño and Ocean Observations
• Reflections of an Equatorial Oceanographer
• Ocean Acoustic Tomography
• A History of Thermocline Theory
• Sextant to Satellite
• Some Advances and Retreats in the Study of Ocean Circulation since 1935
• Towards the World Ocean Circulation Experiment and a Bit of Aftermath
• Interview with Klaus Wyrtki, 25 February 1999.