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Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography

  • 3rd Edition
  • July 14, 2014
  • Richard E. Thomson + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
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Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography, Third Edition is a practical reference to established and modern data analysis techniques in earth and ocean sciences. Its five major sections address data acquisition and recording, data processing and presentation, statistical methods and error handling, analysis of spatial data fields, and time series analysis methods. The revised Third Edition updates the instrumentation used to collect and analyze physical oceanic data and adds new techniques including Kalman Filtering. Additionally, the sections covering spectral, wavelet, and harmonic analysis techniques are completely revised since these techniques have attracted significant attention over the past decade as more accurate and efficient data gathering and analysis methods.

Principles of Ocean Physics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 38
  • October 22, 2013
  • John R. Apel
  • William L. Donn
  • English
  • eBook
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In recent years, significant advances in both the theoretical and observational sides of physical oceanography have allowed the ocean's physical behavior to be described more quantitatively. This book discusses the physical mechanisms and processes of the sea, and will be valuable not only to oceanographers but also physicists, graduate students, and scientists working in dynamics or optics of the marine environment.

Nitrogen in the Marine Environment

  • 1st Edition
  • October 22, 2013
  • Edward J. Carpenter + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
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Nitrogen in the Marine Environment provides information pertinent to the many aspects of the nitrogen cycle. This book presents the advances in ocean productivity research, with emphasis on the role of microbes in nitrogen transformations with excursions to higher trophic levels. Organized into 24 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the abundance and distribution of the various forms of nitrogen in a number of estuaries. This text then provides a comparison of the nitrogen cycling of various ecosystems within the marine environment. Other chapters consider chemical distributions and methodology as an aid to those entering the field. This book discusses as well the enzymology of the initial steps of inorganic nitrogen assimilation. The final chapter deals with the philosophy and application of modeling as an investigative method in basic research on nitrogen dynamics in coastal and open-ocean marine environments. This book is a valuable resource for plant biochemists, microbiologists, aquatic ecologists, and bacteriologists.

Theory of Planetary Atmospheres

  • 2nd Edition
  • Volume 36
  • October 22, 2013
  • John Marshall + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
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For advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in atmospheric, oceanic, and climate science, Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics is an introductory textbook on the circulations of the atmosphere and ocean and their interaction, with an emphasis on global scales. It will give students a good grasp of what the atmosphere and oceans look like on the large-scale and why they look that way. The role of the oceans in climate and paleoclimate is also discussed. The combination of observations, theory and accompanying illustrative laboratory experiments sets this text apart by making it accessible to students with no prior training in meteorology or oceanography.

Cloud Dynamics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 53
  • October 22, 2013
  • Robert A. Houze Jr.
  • Renata Dmowska
  • English
  • eBook
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Clouds play a critical role in the Earth's climate, general atmospheric circulation, and global water balance. Clouds are essential elements in mesoscale meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, air pollution, atmosphericradiation, and weather forecasting, and thus must be understood by any student or researcher in the atmospheric sciences.Cloud Dynamics provides a skillful and comprehensive examination of the nature of clouds--what they look like and why, how scientists observe them, and the basic dynamics and physics that underlie them. The book describes the mechanics governing each type of cloud that occurs in Earth's atmosphere, and the organization of various types of clouds in larger weather systems such as fronts, thunderstorms, and hurricanes.This book is aimed specifically at graduate students, advanced undergraduates, practicing researchers either already in atmospheric science or moving in from a related scientific field, and operational meteorologists. Some prior knowledge of atmospheric dynamics and physics is helpful, but a thorough overview of the necessary prerequisites is supplied.

Ocean Circulation and Climate

  • 2nd Edition
  • Volume 103
  • October 22, 2013
  • Gerold Siedler + 3 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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  • eBook
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The book represents all the knowledge we currently have on ocean circulation. It presents an up-to-date summary of the state of the science relating to the role of the oceans in the physical climate system. The book is structured to guide the reader through the wide range of world ocean circulation experiment (WOCE) science in a consistent way. Cross-references between contributors have been added, and the book has a comprehensive index and unified reference list. The book is simple to read, at the undergraduate level. It was written by the best scientists in the world who have collaborated to carry out years of experiments to better understand ocean circulation.

Water at the Surface of the Earth

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 21
  • October 22, 2013
  • David H. Miller
  • J. Van Mieghem
  • English
  • eBook
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For advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in atmospheric, oceanic, and climate science, Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics is an introductory textbook on the circulations of the atmosphere and ocean and their interaction, with an emphasis on global scales. It will give students a good grasp of what the atmosphere and oceans look like on the large-scale and why they look that way. The role of the oceans in climate and paleoclimate is also discussed. The combination of observations, theory and accompanying illustrative laboratory experiments sets this text apart by making it accessible to students with no prior training in meteorology or oceanography.

Polar Oceanography

  • 1st Edition
  • October 22, 2013
  • Walker O. Smith Jr.
  • English
  • eBook
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Polar Oceanography is an integrated synthesis of the biological, physical, geological, and chemical processes that occur in the polar oceans. The book represents the first modern interdisciplinary synthesis in this field.

Waves, Tides and Shallow Water Processes

  • 1st Edition
  • October 22, 2013
  • Open Open University
  • English
  • eBook
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Waves, Tides and Shallow-Water Processes is designed as a textbook on Oceanography, intended for Open University students. The text covers aspects on waves, tides, and shallow-water processes. Chapter 1 describes the qualitative aspects of water waves, briefly reviews modern methods of wave measurement, and explores some of the simple relationships of wave dimensions and characteristics. Chapter 2 outlines the mechanism of tides. This chapter also deals with the interaction of the tide with shoals, coasts and estuaries, and with the prediction of both normal and abnormal tides. Chapter 3 introduces the nature of shallow marine sediments and the types of environments in which they are deposited. Chapter 4 considers, in general terms, the physical conditions that lead to the erosion, transport and deposition of sediment by flowing water. Chapter 5 examines the conditions under which sediment is moved by waves, the rate at which it is moved and the way in which waves enhance currents. Chapter 6 examines two types of coastal areas where tidal processes are more important than wave processes: tidal flats and estuaries. Chapter 7 explains how the differences in the relative influences of rivers, tidal currents and wave energy lead to differences in sediment dispersal and give various types of deltas their characteristic shapes. Chapter 8 outlines how currents and waves can affect sediments in water as deep as the shelf break, and considers how sediment transport paths across the sea-bed in current dominated shelf seas can be determined. Finally, an outline is given of the mineral resources of continental shelf areas. Oceanographers and students of oceanography will find the book very useful and educational.

Measuring Ocean Currents

  • 1st Edition
  • August 12, 2013
  • Antony Joseph
  • English
  • Hardback
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  • eBook
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Measuring Ocean Currents: Tools, Technologies, and Data covers all major aspects of ocean current measurements in view of the implications of ocean currents on changing climate, increasing pollution levels, and offshore engineering activities. Although more than 70% of the Earth is covered by ocean, there is limited information on the countless fine- to large-scale water motions taking place within them. This book fills that information gap as the first work that summarizes the state-of-the-art methods and instruments used for surface, subsurface, and abyssal ocean current measurements. Readers of this book will find a wealth of information on Lagrangian measurements, horizontal mapping, imaging, Eulerian measurements, and vertical profiling techniques. In addition, the book describes modern technologies for remote measurement of ocean currents and their signatures, including HF Doppler radar systems, satellite-borne sensors, ocean acoustic tomography, and more. Crucial aspects of ocean currents are described in detail as well, including dispersion of effluents discharged into the sea and transport of beneficial materials—as well as environmentally hazardous materials—from one region to another. The book highlights several important practical applications, showing how measurements relate to climate change and pollution levels, how they affect coastal and offshore engineering activities, and how they can aid in tsunami detection.