Oceanography
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Oceans Rising: A Companion to Territorial Agency: Oceans in TransformationForty-one thoughtful and generous contributions by artists, scholars, scientists, and ocean activists in response to the rapidly changing oceans. The ocean is rising and with it sea level, water temperature, acidity, algal blooms, and storm surges. Also on the rise are the metrics of...
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World Oceans: A Reference HandbookWorld Oceans: A Reference Handbook opens with an overview of the history of human knowledge and understanding of the oceans and cryosphere, along with related scientific, technological, social, political, and other factors. The second chapter presents and discusses about a dozen major problems facing...
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Coral Reefs: Majestic Realms Under the SeaAn eye-opening introduction to the complexity, wonder, and vital roles of coral reefs "Part memoir, part popular science, part call to action on climate change, the book makes a compelling case for why coral reefs deserve more attention. Sale's argument is as simple as...
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Ocean Waves and Oscillating Systems: Volume 8: Linear Interactions Including Wave-Energy ExtractionUnderstand the interaction between ocean waves and oscillating systems with this useful new edition. With a focus on linear analysis of low-amplitude waves, you are provided with a thorough understanding of wave interactions, presented to be easily accessible to non-specialist readers. Topics covered include...
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Maritime History and Identity: The Sea and Culture in the Modern WorldThe sea and its relation to human life has always been a subject of fascination for historians. For the first time, this book looks at the field of Maritime History through the prism of identity, looking at how the sea has influenced the formation...
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Physical Oceanography and ClimateClimate research over recent decades has shown that the interaction between the ocean and atmosphere drives the global climate system. This engaging and accessible textbook focuses on climate dynamics from the perspective of the upper ocean, and specifically on the interaction between the atmosphere...
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Introduction to Coastal Engineering and Management (Third Edition)This book is based on the author's 49 years of experience as a practicing coastal engineer and 34 years as professor of coastal engineering and management at Queen's University. The book is therefore thoroughly practical in nature, but it also reflects newly relevant issues,...
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An Introduction to Underwater Acoustics: Principles and ApplicationsSound waves are the only practical means of remote investigation of the sea and its bottom and transmission in seawater. Underwater acoustics has become one of the major technologies used in the exploration and exploitation of the oceans for scientific, industrial, or military/naval purposes....
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The Sea: A Cultural History"There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea," wrote Joseph Conrad. And there is certainly nothing more integral to the development of the modern world. In The Sea: A Cultural History, John Mack considers those great expanses that both...
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WhirlpoolsWhirlpools are swirling vortexes in the ocean sometimes capable of capsizing entire ships. They have long been featured in legend as the work of sea monsters or as gateways to other worlds. We now know that they are normal oceanic currents, usually caused by...
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Bathymetry: Concepts and ApplicationsBathymetry is the technique used to measure and explore the depth of the water bodies covering the majority of the surface of the earth. This book offers several developments which occurred in bathymetry with the help of acoustics, electromagnetic and radar sensors. In addition,...
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Ocean Drifters: A Secret World Beneath the WavesBeasts that look as if they come from a science-fiction movie. -- The Times (UK) Beneath the waves lies a hidden microcosm of life: the world of plankton. These microscopic algae and the tiny animals that eat them float freely in the sunlit surface...
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Computational Ocean AcousticsRevised and throughly updated edition of a classic in the field of ocean acoustics Chapter-end problems to reinforce concepts Extensive use of color illustrations throughout The only book to cover numerical methods in ocean acousticsAuthor: Finn B. Jensen, William a. Kuperman, Michael B. PorterPublisher:...
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Oceanographers and the Cold War: Disciples of Marine ScienceOceanographers and the Cold War is about patronage, politics, and the community of scientists. It is the first book to examine the study of the oceans during the Cold War era and explore the international focus of American oceanographers, taking into account the roles...
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Invitation to Oceanography Lab Exercises ManualDeveloped by Karl Chauffe and Mark Jefferies, the exercises in this lab manual are designed to make use of safe, readily available, inexpensive, and reusable material. Most of the labs are group-based activities that demonstrate principles discussed in lecture. The exercises require minimal prerequisite...
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Extraction of Chemicals from Seawater, Inland Brines and Rock Salt DepositsThis study covers: The range of primary chemicals obtained at present from seawater, inland brines and rock salt deposits; A review of established plants; Process flow diagrams; Process descriptions; Material and energy requirements of the major processes; Capital and operating costs and personnel requirements;...
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The Black Sea Flood Question: Changes in Coastline, Climate and Human SettlementStimulated by Noah's Flood Hypothesis proposed by W. Ryan and W. Pitman in which a catastrophic inundation of the Pontic basin was linked to the biblical story, leading experts in Black Sea research (including oceanography, marine geology, paleoclimate, paleoenvironment, archaeology, and linguistic spread) provide...
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Coasts and Estuaries: Management and EngineeringCoastlines, like many things around us, are constantly evolving. Keeping pace with the changes and their development is necessary to ensure their stability and to maintain eco-equilibrium for nearshore hydrodynamics and morphodynamics. Supported with field measurements for model validation, several numerical and analytical tools...
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Intertidal Invertebrates of the Central California Coast: S.F. Light's Laboratory and Field Text in Invertebrate ZoologyThis title is part of UC Press's 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. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...
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Challenges in Estuarine and Coastal Science: Estuarine and Coastal Sciences AssociationEstuarine and coastal waters are acknowledged centres for anthropogenic impacts. Superimposed on the complex natural interactions between land, rivers and sea are the myriad consequences of human activity - a spectrum ranging from locally polluting effluents to some of the severest consequences of global...
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