02045nam a2200301 i 4500 170817s2011 ob 000 0 eng d 0691144672 9780691150284 SDU GC57 V189 C 2011 Vallis, Geoffrey K. 126201 Climate and the oceans Geoffrey K. Vallis. [S.l.] : Princeton University Press, 2011. 243 p. Princeton Primers in Climate Climate and the oceans (Princeton primers in climate) -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Basics of Climate -- 2. The Oceans: A Descriptive Overview -- 3. A Brief Introduction to Dynamics -- 4. The Ocean Circulation -- 5. The Ocean's Overall Role in Climate -- 6. Climate Variability from Weeks to Years -- 7. Global Warming and the Ocean -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Glossary -- References -- Index. HKBU library YT2025 M10 The oceans exert a vital moderating influence on the Earth's climate system. They provide inertia to the global climate, essentially acting as the pacemaker of climate variability and change, and they provide heat to high latitudes, keeping them habitable. Climate and the Oceans offers a short, self-contained introduction to the subject. This illustrated primer begins by briefly describing the world's climate system and ocean circulation and goes on to explain the important ways that the oceans influence climate. Topics covered include the oceans' effects on the seasons, heat transport between equator and pole, climate variability, and global warming. The book also features a glossary of terms, suggestions for further reading, and easy-to-follow mathematical treatments. Climatic changes Ocean-atmosphere interaction 126204 Oceanography--Research 157910 Ocean circulation 126203 Ocean http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/PUPB0001331.html = C.1 SDU EBK lcc 87937 87937 0 0 lcc 0 GC0057 V189 C2011 0 CGB 284033 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-10-06 2 0 GC57 V189 C 2011 1000385469 2025-10-06 00:00:00 C.1 2025-10-06 EBK