Modern Observational Physical Oceanography Arc

Download or read book Modern Observational Physical Oceanography (ARC) written by Carl Wunsch and published by . This book was released on with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, many download information without always fully understanding how far removed it is from the original data, with opportunity for great misinterpretation. This textbook introduces modern physical oceanography to beginning.