Modern Observational Physical Oceanography: Understanding the Global Ocean

by Carl Wunsch

The essential introduction to modern physical oceanography

With the advent of computers, novel instruments, satellite technology, and increasingly powerful modeling tools, we know more about the ocean than ever before. Yet we also have a new generation of oceanographers who have become increasingly distanced from the object of their study. Ever fewer scientists collect the observational data on which they base their research. Instead,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691158827
• ISBN13: 9780691158822
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.3" x 10.3"