The Oceanic Thermohaline Circulation: An Introduction

This book presents a global hydrographic description of the thermohaline circulation, an introduction to the theoretical aspects of this phenomenon, and observational evidence for the theory. The hydrographic description and the observational evidence are based on data sources, available via internet, mainly from the World Oceanographic Experiment (WOCE). With the hydrographic description and observational evidence also comes an introduction to hydrographic analysis and interpretation.

Author: Hendrik M. Van Aken
Publisher: Springer
Published: 12/04/2006
Pages: 326
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.47h x 6.43w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780387366371

About the Author
Dr. Hendrik van Aken has been an observational oceanographer for over 25 years. He mainly deals with regional oceanography. He headed the Dutch contribution ot the WOCE Hydrographic Program (WHP), and is presently active in CLIVAR projects. Dr. Van Aken has done extensive research in the fields of climate hydrographic variability and aspects of the global thermohaline circulation.

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