Dynamics of the Equatorial Ocean
Dynamics of the Equatorial Ocean

Author: John P. Boyd

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-09-25

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13: 3662554763

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This book is the first comprehensive introduction to the theory of equatorially-confined waves and currents in the ocean. Among the topics treated are inertial and shear instabilities, wave generation by coastal reflection, semiannual and annual cycles in the tropic sea, transient equatorial waves, vertically-propagating beams, equatorial Ekman layers, the Yoshida jet model, generation of coastal Kelvin waves from equatorial waves by reflection, Rossby solitary waves, and Kelvin frontogenesis. A series of appendices on midlatitude theories for waves, jets and wave reflections add further material to assist the reader in understanding the differences between the same phenomenon in the equatorial zone versus higher latitudes.

Learning to Predict Climate Variations Associated with El Nino and the Southern Oscillation
Learning to Predict Climate Variations Associated with El Nino and the Southern Oscillation

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1997-01-12

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 0309053420

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The TOGA (Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere) Program was designed to study short-term climate variations. A 10-year international program, TOGA made El Nino a household word. This book chronicles the cooperative efforts of oceanographers and meteorologists, several U.S. government agencies, many other nations, and international scientific organizations to study El Nino and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO). It describes the progression from being unable to detect the development of large climate variations to being able to make and use rudimentary climate predictions, especially for some tropical countries. It examines the development of the TOGA Program, evaluates its accomplishments, describes U.S. participation in the program, and makes general recommendations for developing better understanding and predictions of climate variations on seasonal to interannual time scales.

Physical Oceanography and Climate
Physical Oceanography and Climate

Author: Kris Karnauskas

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-04-02

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1108423868

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An engaging and accessible textbook focusing on climate dynamics from the perspective of the ocean, specifically interactions between the atmosphere and ocean. It describes the fundamental physics and dynamics governing the behaviour of the ocean, and provides numerous end-of-chapter questions and access to online data sets.

Physical Oceanography
Physical Oceanography

Author: Markus Jochum

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-09-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781489996510

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Unique combination and integrated assessment of three major fields in physical oceanography Providing both in depth scientific views and a historical overview Very prominent and reknown authors brought together

Ocean Acoustic Tomography
Ocean Acoustic Tomography

Author: Walter Heinrich Munk

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995-06-30

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 0521470951

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This book presents the oceanography and mathematics necessary to develop a practical system to interpret the behaviour of the oceans.

Practical Statistics for Environmental and Biological Scientists
Practical Statistics for Environmental and Biological Scientists

Author: John Townend

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-04-30

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1118687418

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All students and researchers in environmental and biological sciences require statistical methods at some stage of their work. Many have a preconception that statistics are difficult and unpleasant and find that the textbooks available are difficult to understand. Practical Statistics for Environmental and Biological Scientists provides a concise, user-friendly, non-technical introduction to statistics. The book covers planning and designing an experiment, how to analyse and present data, and the limitations and assumptions of each statistical method. The text does not refer to a specific computer package but descriptions of how to carry out the tests and interpret the results are based on the approaches used by most of the commonly used packages, e.g. Excel, MINITAB and SPSS. Formulae are kept to a minimum and relevant examples are included throughout the text.