The Oceans and Climate [Paperback]

New edition of successful textbook that introduces the multi-disciplinary controls on air-sea interaction.The Oceans and Climate introduces the multi-disciplinary controls on air-sea interaction--physical, chemical and biological - and shows how these interact. The new edition of this successful textbook has been completely updated throughout, with extensive new material on thermohaline processes in the ocean and their link to both abrupt and longer-term climate change. It will prove an ideal course and reference book for students studying earth and environmental sciences, oceanography, meteorology and climatology. The book will also be useful for students and teachers of geography, physics, chemistry and biology.The Oceans and Climate introduces the multi-disciplinary controls on air-sea interaction--physical, chemical and biological - and shows how these interact. The new edition of this successful textbook has been completely updated throughout, with extensive new material on thermohaline processes in the ocean and their link to both abrupt and longer-term climate change. It will prove an ideal course and reference book for students studying earth and environmental sciences, oceanography, meteorology and climatology. The book will also be useful for students and teachers of geography, physics, chemistry and biology.The new edition of this successful textbook has been completely updated, with extensive new material on thermohaline processes in the ocean and their link to both abrupt and longer-term climate change. It will be an appropriate course and reference book for students studying earth and environmental sciences, oceanography, meteorology and climatology. The book will also be useful for students and teachers of geography, physics, chemistry and biology. First Edition Hb (1996): 0-521-45212-0 First Edition Pb (1996): 0-521-58268-7Preface; 1. The climate system; 2. Physical interaction between the ocean and atmosphere; 3. Chemical interaction of the atml%