An Introduction to Ocean Turbulence

by Stephen Thorpe

Book Overview

This textbook provides an introduction to turbulent motion occurring naturally in the ocean on scales ranging from millimetres to hundreds of kilometres. It describes turbulence in the mixed boundary layers at the sea surface and seabed, turbulent motion in the density-stratified water between, and the energy sources that support and sustain ocean mixing. Little prior knowledge of physical oceanography is assumed. The text is supported by numerous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521859484
• ISBN13: 9780521859486
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"