Climate and the oceans

Climate and the oceans

by Vallis, Geoffrey K.

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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…

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  • Full title :Climate and the oceans / Geoffrey K. Vallis.

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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.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2012.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (x, 231 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1400840627, 9781400840625, 1283267489, 9781283267489
  • oclc:ocn759000862
  • LC Classification:GC57
  • Dewey Decimal:551.5/246

Table of Contents

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Basics of Climate; 2 The Oceans: A Descriptive Overview; 3 A Brief Introduction to Dynamics; 4 The Ocean Circulation; 5 The Ocean's Overall Role in Climate; 6 Climate Variability from Weeks to Years; 7 Global Warming and the Ocean; Notes; Further Reading; Glossary; References; Index.

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Subjects

Circulation océanique Climat -- Changements climate change Climatic changes Interaction mer-atmosphère Ocean circulation Ocean-atmosphere interaction Océanographie -- Recherche Oceanography -- Research SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences SCIENCE -- Environmental Science

Writers

Vallis, Geoffrey K.

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