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• Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface to the Fifth Edition
• Acknowledgements
• CHAPTER 1. Introduction
• CHAPTER 2. Ocean Dimensions, Shapes and Bottom Materials
• 2.1 Dimensions
• 2.2 Sea-floor Dimensions
• 2.3 Bottom Material
• CHAPTER 3. Physical Properties of Sea-Water
• 3.1 Vocabulary
• 3.2 Properties of Pure Water
• 3.3 Temperature
• 3.4 Salinity and Conductivity
• 3.5 Density
• 3.6 Other Characteristic Properties
• 3.7 Sound in the Sea
• 3.8 Light in the Sea
• 3.9 Colour of Sea-Water
• CHAPTER 4. Typical Distributions of Water Characteristics in the Oceans
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Temperature Distribution
• 4.3 Salinity Distribution
• 4.4 Density Distribution
• 4.5 Dissolved Oxygen Distribution
• 4.6 Other Water-Motion Tracers
• 4.7 Transparency of the upper ocean from Secchi disc measurements
• CHAPTER 5. Water, Salt and Heat Budgets of the Oceans
• 5.1 Conservation of Volume
• 5.2 Conservation of Salt
• 5.3 Conservation of Heat Energy; the Heat Budget
• CHAPTER 6. Instruments and Methods
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Instruments
• 6.3 Platforms
• 6.4 Age of ocean water
• 6.5 Graphical Presentation of Data
• CHAPTER 7. Circulation and Water Masses of the Oceans
• 7.1 Introduction; mechanisms
• 7.2 Southern Ocean
• 7.3 Atlantic Ocean
• 7.4 North Atlantic Adjacent Seas
• 7.5 Arctic Sea
• 7.6 Pacific Ocean
• 7.7 Indian Ocean
• 7.8 Red Sea and Persian Gulf
• CHAPTER 8. Coastal Oceanography
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 Coastal Upwelling
• 8.3 Ekman Circulation in Shallow Water
• 8.4 Estuaries
• 8.5 Coral Reefs
• CHAPTER 9. Some Directions for Future Work
• APPENDIX: Units used in Descriptive Physical Oceanography
• Introduction
• Relevant SI Units
• Units used in Physical Oceanography and Some Numerical Examples
• Bibliography
• Index