Ocean Processes in Climate Dynamics: Global and Mediterranean Examples (NATO Science Series C: (closed))
Contributors: P.M. Malanotte-Rizzoli (Editor); Allan R. Robinson (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 1899
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780792326243
Subjects: Geology & the lithosphere; Oceanography (seas); Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Science; Nature/Ecology; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Science / Oceanography; Dynamic climatology; Congresses
First sentence: Almost all the processes that determine the properties of the ocean - the distribution of heat and chemicals as well as its motion - take place at the sea surface and are related to exchanges between the atmosphere and the ocean.