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Author Stommel, Henry M., 1920-1992.

Title A view of the sea : a discussion between a chief engineer and an oceanographer about the machinery of the ocean circulation / by Henry Stommel
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1987

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 165 p.)
Series Princeton science library
Princeton science library.
Contents Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- One: Gravity and Pressure -- Two: The Earth's Rotation -- Three: The Coriolis Force -- Four: Measuring the Density Field -- Five: Geostrophic Velocity -- Six: A Chinese Puzzle -- Seven: The Chief Tries His Hand -- Eight: Exceptions to Our Three Rules -- Nine: Various Kinds of Blocks -- Ten: The Luyten Algorithm -- Eleven: A Model on a Personal Computer -- Twelve: The Chief Gives Me a Lecture -- Thirteen: Complications -- Fourteen: The Viper's Jaws
Appendix: Computer Programs for the Reader -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Summary The description for this book, A View of the Sea: A Discussion between a Chief Engineer and an Oceanographer about the Machinery of the Ocean Circulation, will be forthcoming
Analysis Oceans Dynamics
Bibliography Bibliography: p. 161
Notes Includes index
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed
Subject Ocean circulation.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General
Ocean circulation
Meeresströmung
Mares Oceanicas.
Oceanografia Fisica.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021694919
ISBN 9780691221687
0691221685