Oceanography (seas and oceans)

This book introduces the concept of 'biological weathering.

While there are several excellent books dealing with numerical analysis and analytical theory, one has to practically sift through hundreds of references.

Coastal Ocean Observing Systems provides state-of-the-art scientific and technological knowledge in coastal ocean observing systems, along with guidance on establishing, restructuring, and improving similar systems.

The book is the first to focus on the physical oceanography of the North Indian Ocean (NIO), a special region of the global ocean that exhibits a distinct seasonality due to the impact of the South Asian Monsoon (SAM).

This book presents essential new insights in research and applications concerning spatial information technologies and coastal disaster prevention modeling for oceanic and coastal regions.

The present state of the art of dam engineering has been ronmental, and political factors, which, though important, attained by a continuous search for new ideas and methods are covered in other publications.

Describes seabed fluid flow processes for research scientists and professionals in the marine environment.

The book shows how the new observations from satellites required advances in theory and influenced societal decision-making.

The book introduces fish distant hybridization, which covers the basic theory and applications of fish distant hybridization as well as the main biological characteristics of different ploidy fish at the individual, tissue, cell, and molecular level.

In the marine environment, single-celled, microscopic, plant-like organisms naturally occur in the well-lit surface layer of any body of water.

This edited volume discusses the recent developments and current research questions in nonlinear and stochastic climate dynamics.

Written for undergraduate students studying coastal geomorphology, this is the complete guide to the processes at work on our coastlines and the features we see in coastal systems across the world.

Provides a quantitative, accessible approach to the fundamental physics and biology of the coastal ocean, for undergraduate and graduate students.

A NATO Advanced Study Institute, "e;Late Quaternary Sea-level Correlation and Applications"e;, was held together with the Final Meeting of IGCP Project 200 in Halifax, Canada, 19-30 July 1987.

An engaging introduction to marine chemistry and the ocean''s geochemical interactions with the solid earth and atmosphere, for students of oceanography.

This second edition, now in full-color, provides a unified and comprehensive treatment of the atmosphere and ocean, for advanced students and researchers.

This volume summarises the materials presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Sea-Dumped Chemical Munitions, held in Kaliningrad (Moscow Region), Russia, in January 1995.

This book is a collection of the most recent and significant research on algorithms for the analysis of polar sea-ice SAR data.

This lavishly illustrated book explores the concept of reef ecosystems and its characteristics.

A Journey Through Tides is a fully comprehensive text on the history of tides.

This book introduces turbulence in the atmosphere and in engineering flows to advanced students, and provides a reference work for atmospheric researchers.

The Persian Gulf: Oceanography and Wildlife explores the concept of human presence in the Persian Gulf, discussing the subsequent impacts of anthropogenic activities on its marine ecosystems.

This book discusses the sources of uncertainty in future model projections of the tropical Pacific SST warming pattern under global warming.

This book summarizes achievements of the study on circulation and air-sea interaction and development of the ocean observation network in the South China Sea in the last 20 years, thus serving as a comprehensive reference book to understand the dynamic environment in the SCS.

This detailed volume provides an overview of recent advances in the application of genomic technologies in several domains of marine biology, raising awareness of various DNA- and RNA-based technologies.

This book argues for the utility of human rights in the practice of ocean governance.

Far away shores, exotic islands or adventurous sea voyages - coasts are the destination of dreams for millions of people around the globe.

Nonlinear Ocean Dynamics: Synthetic Aperture Radar delivers the critical tools needed to understand the latest technology surrounding the radar imaging of nonlinear waves, particularly microwave radar, as a main source to understand, analyze and apply concepts in the field of ocean dynamic surface.

The manufacture of plastic as well as its indiscriminate disposal and destruction by incineration pollutes atmospheric, terrestrial, and aquatic ecosystems.

This is a textbook for non-atmospheric specialists who work in the coastal zone.

A unified and comprehensive account of the fundamental equations of atmospheric and oceanic models for climate and weather forecasting.

A comprehensive review of the interactions between climates of different ocean basins and how they contribute to global climate variability.

This book focuses on the survey technology, post-processing technology, mapping technology and scientific application of the submarine topography and geomorphology in detail.

Marine plankton, despite their tiny size, are crucial for the functioning of marine food webs.

Describes the physics of the coastal ocean, for advanced students, researchers, urban planners, and environmental engineers.

The goals ofthe Symposium were to highlight advances in modelling ofatmosphere and ocean dynamics, to provide a forum where atmosphere and ocean scientists could present their latest research results and learn ofprogress and promising ideas in these allied disciplines; to facilitate interaction between theory and applications in atmosphere/ocean dynamics.

The Antarctic represents the last of the world's still unexplored continents.

Some 115 thousand years ago the world as we know it todayshifted into a much colder glacial mode which culminatedwith huge ice sheets reaching as far south as New York,Berlin and St.

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This updated edition provides a modern scientific approach to evaluating ship resistance and propulsion for a range of ship types.

Marine Physics guides different disciplines regarding the study of the sea and provides basic understanding of the fundamental theories and premises of the other disciplines.

The health status and future of tropical coral reefs, as tourist destinations, are regularly subjected to media coverage.

Textbook for students and researchers in oceanography and Earth science on theory and practice of time series analysis using MATLAB.

This volume describes the complex characteristics of almost all Russian coastal estuaries systematized in the following regions: the coasts of the White Sea, the Barents Sea, the Kara Sea, the Laptev Sea, the East Siberian Sea, the Chukchi Sea, the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Baltic Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Sea of Japan and the Bering Seas.

In this book, key discoveries in the field of statistical ocean acoustics over the last 35 years are addressed with illustrations from ocean observations.

This book introduces readers to various types of offshore platform geometries.

A practical guide to the latest techniques to measure sediments, seabed, water and transport mechanisms in estuaries and coastal waters.