Essentials of oceanography by Garrison, Tom 1942-

Table of Contents: “…-- 6.3.Water Has Unusual Thermal Characteristics -- Heat and Temperature Are Not the Same Thing -- Not All Substances Have the Same Heat Capacity -- Water's Temperature Affects Its Density -- Water Becomes Less Dense When It Freezes -- Water Removes Heat from Surfaces As It Evaporates -- 6.4.Surface Water Moderates Global Temperature -- Movement of Water Vapor from Tropics to Poles Also Moderates Earth's Temperature -- Global Warming Is Influencing Ocean-Surface Temperature -- 6.5.Water Is a Powerful Solvent -- Salinity Is a Measure of Seawater's Total Dissolved Organic Solids -- The Components of Ocean Salinity Came From, and Have Been Modified by, Earth's Crust -- The Ratio of Dissolved Solids in the Ocean Is Constant -- Salinity Is Calculated by Seawater's Conductivity -- The Ocean Is in Chemical Equilibrium -- The Ocean's Mixing Time Is Short -- 6.6.Gases Dissolve in Seawater -- Nitrogen -- Oxygen -- Carbon Dioxide -- 6.7.Acid-Base Balance -- 6.8.The Ocean Is Stratified by Density -- The Ocean Is Stratified into Three Density Zones by Temperature and Salinity -- Water Masses Have Characteristic Temperature, Salinity, and Density -- 6.9.Light Does Not Travel Far through the Ocean -- The Photic Zone Is the Sunlit Surface of the Ocean -- Water Transmits Blue Light More Efficiently Than Red -- Insight from a National Geographic Explorer 6.1 -- 6.10.Sound Travels Much Farther Than Light in the Ocean -- Refraction Can Bend the Paths of Light and Sound through Water -- Refraction Causes SOFAR Layers and Shadow Zones -- Sonar Systems Use Sound to Detect Underwater Objects -- Questions from Students -- Chapter in Perspective -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Study Questions -- Global Environment Watch -- 7.Atmospheric Circulation -- 7.1.The Atmosphere and Ocean Interact with Each Other -- 7.2.The Atmosphere Is Composed Mainly of Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Water Vapor -- 7.3.The Atmosphere Moves in Response to Uneven Solar Heating and Earth's Rotation -- The Solar Heating of Earth Varies with Latitude -- The Solar Heating of Earth Also Varies with the Seasons -- Earth's Uneven Solar Heating Results in Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation -- 7.4.The Coriolis Effect Deflects the Path of Moving Objects -- The Coriolis…”