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.

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

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This book documents the effects of natural hazards on coastal ecosystems in detail.

Satelli te oceanography, as the term is used in this book, is a generic term that means application of the technology of aerospace electromagnetic remote sensing to the study of the oceans.

Coursing through the Atlantic Ocean is a powerful current with a force 300 times that of the mighty Amazon.

Manta and devil rays are some of the most intriguing creatures in the ocean.

The Antarctic fish fauna has evolved over a long period of geographic and climatic isolation.

Environmental information is important for successful planning and execution of naval operations.

This book focuses on the connotation and extension of carbon neutrality.

Radar technology is increasingly being used to monitor the environment.

This volume provides various examples and dimensions, chemical, biological, climatic, or related to extreme (hazards).

The Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 is considered to have been one of the worst natural disasters in history, affecting twelve countries, from Indonesia to Somalia.

Based on the material presented at a conference organized by the Centre d'Oceanologie of Marseille, held in 2008, this text covers a wealth of hot topics related to the way mankind interacts with the marine environment.

Text on coastal engineering and oceanography covering theory and applications intended to mitigate shoreline erosion.

Turbulence is a dangerous topic which is often at the origin of serious fights in the scientific meetings devoted to it since it represents extremely different points of view, all of which have in common their complexity, as well as an inability to solve the problem.

The Arctic and its surrounding marginal seas are considered some of the most sensitive elements of the global environment, which may respond rapidly to climate change.

This comprehensive book provides a unique overview of advances in the biology and ecology of marine protists.

Elegant, novel explanation of climate change, emphasizing physical understanding and concepts, while avoiding complex mathematics, supported by excellent color illustrations.

This textbook introduces research on dinosaurs by describing the science behind how we know what we know about dinosaurs.

From the bestselling author of Breath, a fascinating, informative, exhilarating voyage from the oceans surface to its darkest trenches (Wall Street Journal)New York Times Book ReviewEditors ChoiceAn Amazon Best Science Book of 2014Scientific AmericanRecommended ReadFascinatedby the sport of freedivingin which competitors descendgreat depths on a single breathJames Nestor embeds with a gang of oceangoing extreme athletes and renegade researchers.

Increasing population, expanding industry and commerce, and tourism are placing added pressures on an already highly-utilized coastal zone.

Data assimilation is the combination of information from observations and models of a particular physical system in order to get the best possible estimate of the state of that system.

Preparing a Workforce for the New Blue Economy: People, Products and Policies discusses the Blue Economy, how the industry will develop, and how to train the next generation.

Many coastal communities have built structures at their beaches and added quantities of sand in contoured designs to combat erosion.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the taxonomy, biology, sedimentation, and carbonate geochemistry of modern species.

Return to the Sea portrays the life and evolutionary times of marine mammalsfrom giant whales and sea cows that originated 55 million years ago to the deep-diving elephant seals and clam-eating walruses of modern times.

Originally published in 1975, Man and Wildlife traces the evolution of man from pre-hominid ancestors, and his influence in modifying the environment and its flora and fauna as technical knowledge grew.

The ocean evokes the most romantic images of nature.

The processes occurring in surface marine sediments have a profound effect on the local and global cycling of many elements.

It is now well known that the mid-ocean flow is almost everywhere domi- nated by so-called synoptic or meso-scale eddies, rotating about nearly vertical axes and extending throughout the water column.

An introduction to understanding the ENSO phenomenon, given in an observational and theoretical context, and exploring its predictability and impacts.

This book is a collection of extended papers based on presentations given during the ICEC 2018 conference, held in Caen, France, in August 2018.

Oceans play a pivotal role in our weather and climate.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

The atmosphere and the ocean form a coupled system which exchanges heat, momentum and water at the air-sea interface.

Sandy beaches are the most abundant coastal environments worldwide, which have an undeniable and unique ecological value.

Marine Geo-Hazards in China, the first book to focus specifically on potential marine geological hazards in China, includes 19 chapters with varying focus on key issues surrounding the topic.

Tsunamiites: Features and Implications, Second Edition, is an overview of the state-of-the art developments in sedimentology of tsunami-induced and tsunami-affected deposits, namely tsunamiites.

Oceans have had a mysterious allure for centuries, inspiring fears, myths, and poetic imaginations.

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The contents of the book are assembled from selected papers presented during the International Conference on Isotopes in Environmental Studies - AQUATIC FORUM 2004 convened in Monaco from 25 to 29 October 2004, which was the most important gathering of the year of isotope environmental scientists.

The ocean and its inhabitants sketch and stretch our understandings of law in unexpected ways.

The coastal and ocean ecosystem is a significant feature of our planet and provides a source of food for much of life on Earth.

A broad, clear introductory textbook on chemical oceanography for undergraduate and graduate students and a reference text for researchers.

The potential for natural hazards and vulnerability to these threats varies from community to community.

This textbook provides a unified approach to acoustics and vibration suitable for use in advanced undergraduate and first-year graduate courses on vibration and fluids.

Quaternary Paleoenvironments examines the drowned landscapes exposed as extensive and attractive territory for prehistoric human settlement during the Ice Ages of the Pleistocene, when sea levels dropped to 120m-135m below their current levels.

Scientists investigating the interaction between the ocean and the atmosphere now believe that the drag coefficient, and the coefficients of heat transfer and moisture transfer at the sea surface, all increase with an intensification of the wind, reaching high values during a storm.