Oceanography (seas and oceans)

This textbook covers all related communication technologies of underwater wireless communication, such as acoustic communication, optical communication, and magneto-inductive communication.

This book considers the formation of the signal reflected from the sea surface when sensing in the radio and optical range.

The book gives an overview of the tectonic, geological, potential fields, etc maps of the Arctic that were compiled during geological and geophysical studies conducted in the Arctic over the past 15 years under the International project "e;Atlas of Geological Maps of the Circumpolar Arctic at a scale of 5M"e; and presents the results of geological, geophysical, paleogeographic and tectonic studies carried out in the Arctic Ocean and the Eastern Arctic during the implementation of national mapping and scientific programmes and studies intended to provide scientific substantiation for the extension of the continental shelf (ECS).

The "e;Blue Economy"e; is used to describe all of the economic activities related to the sea, with a special emphasis on sustainability.

This book focuses on pose estimation algorithms for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs).

Coastal and estuarine environments at the interface of terrestrial and marine areas are among the most productive in the world.

Senior level/graduate level text/reference presenting state-of-the- art numerical techniques to solve the wave equation in heterogeneous fluid-solid media.

Conus is the largest genus of animals in the sea, occurring throughout the world's tropical and subtropical oceans and contributing significantly to marine biodiversity.

The oceans exert a vital moderating influence on the Earth's climate system.

This textbook provides a unique and thorough look at the application of chemical biomarkers to aquatic ecosystems.

Archaeological Oceanography is the definitive book on the newly emerging field of deep-sea archaeology.

Despite major advances in the observation and numerical simulation of the atmosphere, basic features of the Earth's climate remain poorly understood.

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).

From disappearing coral reefs and ocean acidification to floating great garbage patches, the Pacific Ocean is an ever-present reminder of the Anthropocene.

The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute's landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated approach was tested in both the US and in Mexico.

Determination of Metals in Natural Waters, Sediments and Soils provides analytic labs with a comprehensive overview of the various methods available for analysis of metals and serves as a manual to determine metal concentrations in different media such as natural waters, waste waters, sediments and soils.

Marine Protected Areas: Science, Policy and Management addresses a full spectrum of issues relating to Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) not currently available in any other single volume.

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.

Geology of the China Seas represents the first English-language synthesis of the available research into the geology of the South and East China Seas.

Descriptive Physical Oceanography, Sixth Edition, provides an introduction to the field with an emphasis on large-scale oceanography based mainly on observations.

This book is dedicated to studying the ocean with radar tools, in particular, with space radars.

The present volume is the first in a series of two books dedicated to the paleoceanography of the Late Cenozoic ocean.

Drawing on a combination of modern occurrences and likely ancient counterparts, this atlas is a treatise of mat-related sedimentary features that one may expect to see in ancient terrigenous clastic sedimentary successions.

A child would enjoy an In The Deep Blue Sea Picture Book.

What affects the oceans affects terra firma.

This edited volume addresses the impacts of climate change on Pacific islands, and presents databases and indexes for assessing and adapting to island vulnerabilities.

This monograph presents cutting-edge research on dispersive wave modelling, and the numerical methods used to simulate the propagation and generation of long surface water waves.

This book explores the educational dimension of people's engagement with the ocean.

If you are looking to find new ways to ignite your children's imagination, a picture book on large sea creatures may be one of the better options.

Understanding the Oceans brings together an internationally distinguished group of authors to consider the enormous advances in marine science that have been achieved since the voyages of HMS Challenger a century ago.

This book introduces the concept of "e;oceanic strategy,"e; expanding beyond traditional maritime and naval perspectives to include political, economic, socio-cultural, and ecological dimensions.

Subduction zones, one of the three types of plate boundaries, return Earth's surface to its deep interior.

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.

Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) as a form of radar to create images of objects, uses the motion of the radar antenna over a targeted region to provide finer spatial resolution than is possible with conventional beam-scanning radars by mounting the antenna on a moving platform such as an aircraft or spacecraft.

This Brief deals with the reconstruction of Holocene paleoenvironment in the central part of Bangladesh in relation to relative sea-level (RSL) changes which is 200 km north from the present coastline.

The advent of Earth-observing satellites has revolutionised the gathering of oceanographic data and the visualisation of oceanographic processes.

This book brings together a comprehensive account of major developments in the theory and applications of nonlinear dispersive waves, nonlinear water waves, KdV and nonlinear Schrodinger equations, Davey-Stewartson equation, Benjamin-Ono equation and nonlinear instability phenomena.

These proceedings contain papers by some of the world's leading experts in the analytical and numerical modelling of sediment transport, its measurement on site and in the laboratory, river and coastal morphology, and similar issues.

This volume is dedicated to Dr Ding Lee for his untiring efforts in promoting the advancement of theoretical and computational acoustics.

Understanding and constructively using natural sound in the ocean has become of prime importance with the shift of emphasis to protecting the environment and exercising responsible global resource management which has followed the end of the Cold War.

The ocean is the ultimate sink for all liquid waste and has for many years been the recipient of both treated and untreated sewage waste.

This volume contains six papers discussing coastal processes, and physical and numerical modeling.

New Edition: Ocean Surface Waves: Their Physics and Prediction (3rd Edition)This book is intended as a handbook for professionals and researchers in the areas of Physical Oceanography, Ocean and Coastal Engineering and as a text for graduate students in these fields.

This book contains updated, reviewed versions of the best papers on "e;Modelling Coastal Sea Processes"e; presented at the International Ocean and Atmosphere Pacific Conference, held in Adelaide, South Australia, on 23-27 October 1995.

This book contains updated, reviewed versions of some selected papers on "e;Sea-Level Changes and their Effects"e; presented at the International Ocean and Atmosphere Pacific Conference (OAP 95), held in Adelaide, South Australia, 23-27 October 1995.

The geosciences, particularly numerical weather prediction, are demanding the highest levels of available computer power.

This book presents the experience of coastal and port engineering development, as well as coastal environmental problems, in Asian and Pacific countries.

This book aims to present the overall existing tsunami hazard in the Caribbean Sea region, a region which is typically only associated with hurricanes.

This review volume is divided into two parts.