Air-Sea Interaction - Laws and Mechanisms

A comprehensive treatment of air-sea interaction for graduate students and researchers in meteorology, oceanography, environmental engineering, first published in 2001.

List of contents

1. The transfer laws of the air-sea interface; 2. Wind, waves and the mechanisms of air-sea transfer; 3. Mixed layers in contact; 4. Hot towers; 5. The ocean's warm-water-sphere; References; Index.

Summary

Air-Sea Interaction, first published in 2001, provides a comprehensive account of how the atmosphere and the ocean interact to control the global climate. It is mainly directed towards graduate students and research scientists in meteorology, oceanography, and environmental engineering, but will also appeal to the broader physics community.

Product details

• Authors: G. T. Csanady
• Assisted by: Mary Gibson (Illustration)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.05.2011
• EAN: 9780521792592
• ISBN: 978-0-521-79259-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 183 mm x 260 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 669 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous