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Ocean Circulation: Prepared by an Open University Course Team

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The first two chapters outline the causes of circulation patterns in the atmosphere and oceans, emphasizing the interactions between them. Chapter 3 deals with the surface circulation (including mesoscale eddies), using a minimum of mathematics. Chapter 4 reviews the history of ideas about ocean circulation (with special reference to the North Atlantic gyre), and Chapter 5 describes the major current systems at high and low latitudes. The final Chapter returns to the theme of ocean-atmosphere interaction, especially the ...

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Ocean Circulation: Prepared by an Open University Course Team 1989, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780750637169

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