Physical OceanographyPublished for the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., Panstwowe Wydawn. Naukowe [available from the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va.], 1973 - Oceanography - 316 pages |
Contents
Oceanography as a scientific discipline its history and progress | 1 |
Annexes | 8 |
J Latest achievements in oceanographical research | 27 |
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amounts Antarctic areas Atlantic Ocean atolls average Bab-el-Mandeb Baltic Sea bottles bottom sediments Bottom Water carbonate caused circulation cm/sec coast coastal continental slope convection corer coring tube Coriolis force Counter-current Cromwell Current current meter deep water deep-sea density depth diagram direction distribution drift Earth's Equator Equatorial Current evaporation expedition float flow freezing Gdańsk gradient Gulf of Aden Gulf Stream guyots heat heat-flow hemisphere icebergs Indian Ocean International investigations islands km² latitudes marine measurements methods million m³/sec movement nautical miles North northern observations obtained occurs ocean basins oceanic waters oceanographical organisms oxygen Pacific pressure profiles properties Red Sea regions Ridge salinity samples sea floor sea level sea surface sea water seamounts seismic shelf ship Southern Baltic stations Strait submarine surface currents surface water temperature and salinity thermal thermocline tidal trenches velocity vertical vessels water layer water level water masses wave wind zone