Regional Oceanography: An Introduction (Hardcover)

Regional Oceanography: An Introduction presents an introduction to the physical oceanography of the world ocean for students of all fields of marine sciences. Rather than presenting its material in a simple geographical framework, the book uses ocean dynamics as a frame of reference. Students of marine biology, chemistry, geology and engineering therefore find it useful as an introduction to basic ocean dynamics. The presentation of the regional distribution of properties is based on the modern data bases that have become available during the last two decades. This use of modern data sources combined with an extensive reference list makes the book valuable as a reference text for graduate students of physical oceanography and researchers in the field. Meteorologists interested in the ocean\'s role in climate variability and climate change will find the book a helpful introduction to the interaction between ocean and atmosphere.

Table of Contents
* Chapter 1: Introduction: What Drives the Ocean Currents?
* Chapter 2: Temperature, Salinity, Density and the Oceanic Pressure Field C
* Chapter 3: The Coriolis Force, Geostrophy, Rossby Waves and the Westward Intensification
* Chapter 4: Ekman Layer Transports, Ekman Pumping, and the Sverdrup Balance C
* Chapter 5: Water Mass Formation, Subduction and the Oceanic Heat Budget
* Chapter 6: Antarctic Oceanography
* Chapter 7: Arctic Oceanography: The Path of North Atlantic Deep Water
* Chapter 8: The Pacific Ocean
* Chapter 9: Hydrology of the Pacific Ocean
* Chapter 10: Adjacent Seas of the Pacific Ocean
* Chapter 11: The Indian Ocean
* Chapter 12: Hydrology of the Indian Seas
* Chapter 13: Adjacent Seas of the Indian Ocean and the Australasian Mediterranean Sea (the Indonesian throughflow)
* Chapter 14: The Atlantic Ocean
* Chapter 15: Hydrology of the Atlantic Ocean
* Chapter 16: Adjacent Seas of the Atlantic Ocean
* Chapter 17: Aspects of Advanced Regional Oceanography
* Chapter 18: The Oceans and the World\'s Mean Climate
* Chapter 19: El Nino and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
* Chapter 20: the Ocean and Climate Change.