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28%OFFGeoffrey K. Vallis - Climate and the Oceans - 9780691150284 - V9780691150284
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Climate and the Oceans

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Description for Climate and the Oceans Paperback. The oceans exert a vital moderating influence on the Earth's climate system. They provide inertia to the global climate, essentially acting as the pacemaker of climate variability and change, and they provide heat to high latitudes, keeping them habitable. This title offers a short, self-contained introduction to the subject. Series: Princeton Primers in Climate. Num Pages: 248 pages, 32 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: RBKC; RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
The oceans exert a vital moderating influence on the Earth's climate system. They provide inertia to the global climate, essentially acting as the pacemaker of climate variability and change, and they provide heat to high latitudes, keeping them habitable. Climate and the Oceans offers a short, self-contained introduction to the subject. This illustrated primer begins by briefly describing the world's climate system and ocean circulation and goes on to explain the important ways that the oceans influence climate. Topics covered include the oceans' effects on the seasons, heat transport between equator and pole, climate variability, and global warming. The book ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Princeton Primers in Climate
Condition
New
Weight
301g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691150284
SKU
V9780691150284
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Geoffrey K. Vallis
Geoffrey K. Vallis is professor and senior scientist in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program and the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University. He is the author of the standard graduate text Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics .

Reviews for Climate and the Oceans
This easy-to-read illustrated book, filled with both data and accessible mathematical equations demonstrating the impact of the oceans on the Earth's climate, offers practitioners and stakeholders' state-of-the-art scientific analysis of how the oceans and climate interact that is both user friendly to the non-expert yet scientifically rigorous enough as bridge material for graduate students as they grapple with the compelling ... Read more

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