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    Ocean Circulation: Prepared by an Open University Course Team
    Ocean Circulation: Prepared by an Open University Course Team
    Ocean Circulation: Prepared by an Open University Course Team
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    Ocean Circulation: Prepared by an Open University Course Team

    By Joan Brown

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    The first two chapters outline the causes of circulation patterns in the atmosphere and oceans, emphasizing the interactions between them. Chapter 3 deals with the surface circulation (including mesoscale eddies), using a minimum of mathematics. Chapter 4 reviews the history of ideas about ocean circulation (with special reference to the North Atlantic gyre), and Chapter 5 describes the major current systems at high and low latitudes. The final Chapter returns to the theme of ocean-atmosphere interaction, especially the global transport of heat and freshwater, and the formation of sub-surface water masses.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateJan 22, 2016
    ISBN9781483292694
    Ocean Circulation: Prepared by an Open University Course Team
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    Joan Brown

    Joan Brown was born June 04, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. She lost her mother in 1973, at the age of 10. The death of her mother caused her to move to a small town called Hardeville, South Carolina, where she lived with her grandparents until she was 26 years old. At the age of 26, she moved to South Florida where she now resides.

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