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A view of the sea : a discussion between a chief engineer and an oceanographer about the machinery of the ocean circulation / by Henry Stommel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stommel, Henry M., 1920-1992, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ocean circulation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 165 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1987]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- One/Gravity and Pressure
- Two /The Earth's Rotation p
- 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 j
- Appendix/Computer Programs for the Reader
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780691221687
- 0691221685
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