Oceanography (seas and oceans)

This volume presents the history of marine fog research and applications, and discusses the physical processes leading to fog's formation, evolution, and dissipation.

This classic textbook is an introduction to the systematics and the use of stable isotopes in geosciences.

This book explores the biology of decapod shrimps, a group of animals known to most people as a nutritious and tasty food item.

Surveys atmospheric, oceanic and cryospheric processes, present and past conditions, and changes in polar environments.

New Edition: Ocean Surface Waves: Their Physics and Prediction (3rd Edition)The book is an extended and updated edition of the book published in 1996 under the same title (World Scientific, ISBN 9810216866).

An editorial by Wanless (1982), entitled "e;Sea level is rising - so what?

During the Conference on Air-Sea Interaction in January 1986, it was suggested to me by David Larner of Reidel Press that it may be timely for an updated compendium of air-sea interaction theory to be organized, developed, and published.

In the last three years, there have been three large tsunamis in the Indian Ocean, most notably the notorious one which struck on 26 December 2004 and killed more than 238,000 people.

Die Geschichte von Rungholt, der einst wohlhabenden Handelsmetropole, die in den Fluten der Nordsee verschwand, fasziniert seit Jahrhunderten.

The book presents the most relevant research of the participants of the VII International Conference of Young Scientists "e;Complex Investigation of the World Ocean"e; (CIWO-2023).

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

`Jellyfish', a group that includes scyphomedusae, hydromedusae, siphonophores and ctenophores, are important zooplankton predators throughout the world's estuaries and oceans.

Elements of Marine Ecology, Fifth Edition focuses on marine ecology as a coherent science, providing undergraduate students with an essential foundation of knowledge in the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems.

In the summer of 1988, under NATO sponsorship, approximately 80 scientists lived and worked together in Plymouth for two weeks to evaluate the ecological role of protozoa in the sea.

Although there are some biological processes that are supported by UV radiation, most organisms are stressed by it in various ways, e.

Grounded in current research, this second edition has been thoroughly updated, featuring new topics, global examples and online material.

A thrilling tour of the sea's most extreme species, written by one of the world's leading marine scientistsThe ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments.

This edited book gives a general overview on current research, focusing on geoenvironmental issues and challenges in hydrogeosciences in model regions in Asia, Europe, and America, with a focus on the Middle East and Mediterranean region and surrounding areas.

The Global Ocean Observing System is a study by the Ocean Studies Board intended to provide information and advice to federal agencies (the U.

This book examines sustainability issues of 15 deltas in the world.

Congress has promoted fisheries science for over a century and its involvement in fisheries management took a great leap forward with passage of the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 1976.

This monograph presents the state of art of the geologic knowledge about the Spanish coast obtained through scientific research in the last 30 years.

This book contains the most recent progress in data assimilation in meteorology, oceanography and hydrology including land surface.

This book is a sequel to 'Deep-Sea Mining: Resource Potential, Technical and Environmental Considerations' (2017) and 'Environmental Issues of Deep-Sea Mining: Impacts, Consequences and Policy Perspectives' (2019), and aims to provide a comprehensive volume on different perspectives of deep-sea mining from specialists around the world.

The over-all aim of the book is to collect and add to the information published already on the larger benthic foraminifera and in cases their associated algae.

Originally published in 1983, The Earth Sciences: An Annotated Bibliography is a compact and thematically organized guide that provides comprehensive access to themes and areas of study in the earth sciences.

The author examines natural disasters around the Pacific Rim throughout history together with scientific data context to produce enlightening-and highly readable-entries.

The book represents all the knowledge we currently have on ocean circulation.

Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics of Climate Variability and Climate Change presents the patterns, mechanisms, and predictability of climate variability and anthropogenic climate change.

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 textbook introduces step by step the basic numerical methods to solve the equations governing the motion of the atmosphere and ocean, and describes how to develop a set of corresponding instructions for the computer as part of a code.

Europe is a continent with a high coast-to-surface ratio, and European seas encompass a broad range of settings and regimes.

This book on wetlands ecosystems in Asia deals with function and management.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

The California Current System is one of the best studied ocean regions of the world, and the level of oceanographic information available is perhaps only surpassed by the northeast and northwest Atlantic.

This book is the result of comprehensive research work on the various aspects of the West Bengal coast including the world's largest riverine delta system, the Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta.

During the 1990s, a government program brought together environmental scientists and members of the intelligence community to consider how classified assets and data could be applied to further the understanding of environmental change.

Advances in Marine Biology has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology since 1963 -- over 40 years of outstanding coverage!

Spatio-temporal Analysis of Extreme Hydrological Events offers an extensive view of the experiences and applications of the latest developments and methodologies for analyzing and understanding extreme environmental and hydrological events.

Fifteen years ago NATO organised a conference entitled 'Ocean Acoustic Modelling'.

This edited volume provides a variety of insights into the context in which ocean and wetlands policy is placed at the sub-continental level.

Global positioning systems like GPS or the future European Galileo are influencing the world of navigation tremendously.

The deep ocean is by far the planet's largest biome and holds a wealth of potential natural assets.

An Introduction to the Blue Humanities is the first textbook to explore the many ways humans engage with water, utilizing literary, cultural, historical, and theoretical connections and ecologies to introduce students to the history and theory of water-centric thinking.

Achieving sustainability is perhaps the single-most important task for our generation.

Reviews the history of triple isotope effects and the major recent developments in triple oxygen isotope research.

This book provides an integrated view of Atlantic coastal Patagonian ecosystems, including the physical environment, biodiversity and the main ecological processes, together with their derived ecosystem services and anthropogenic impacts.

This book discusses in detail the facts and findings related to the X-Press Pearl container vessel accident that occurred in May 2021 off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka.