| Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction Contributor(s): Kraus, Eric B. (Author), Businger, Joost A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195066189 ISBN-13: 9780195066180 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $475.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1994 Annotation: With both the growing importance of integrating studies of air-sea interaction and the interest in the general problem of global warming, the appearance of the second edition of this popular text is especially welcome. Thoroughly updated and revised, the authors have retained the accessible, comprehensive expository style that distinguished the earlier edition. Topics include the state of matter near the interface, radiation, surface wind waves, turbulent transfer near the interface, the planetary boundary layer, atmospherically-forced perturbations in the oceans, and large-scale forcing by sea surface buoyancy fluxes. This book will be welcomed by students and professionals in meteorology, physical oceanography, physics and ocean engineering. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology - Science | Earth Sciences - Oceanography - Science | Physics - General |
| Dewey: 551.5 |
| LCCN: 93025300 |
| Series: Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.3" W x 9.22" (1.72 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With both the growing importance of integrating studies of air-sea interaction and the interest in the general problem of global warming, the appearance of the second edition of this popular text is especially welcome. Thoroughly updated and revised, the authors have retained the accessible, comprehensive expository style that distinguished the earlier edition. Topics include the state of matter near the interface, radiation, surface wind waves, turbulent transfer near the interface, the planetary boundary layer, atmospherically-forced perturbations in the oceans, and large-scale forcing by sea surface buoyancy fluxes. This book will be welcomed by students and professionals in meteorology, physical oceanography, physics and ocean engineering. |
