Vallis G.K. Climate and the oceans

Princeton University Press. Princeton, Oxford. 2012, 244 pp. - ISBN: 978-0-691-14467-2
Ocean circulation, ocean-atmosphere interaction, climatic changes.
This is a book on climate, with an emphasis on the role of the ocean. The emphasis is on large- scale processes and phenomena, and on the physical aspects of the ocean rather than its chemical or biological properties. it is not a textbook on physical oceanography, of which there are several good ones, nor is it a textbook on climate, of which there are some good ones. Rather, and as its size may indicate, the book is an introduction to, or a primer on, the ocean–climate system.Basics of climate.
The oceans: A Descriptive overview.
A Brief introduction to Dynamics.
The ocean circulation.
The ocean’s overall role in climate.
Climate variability from weeks to years.
Global warming and the ocean.
Notes.
Further reading.