Many coastal areas and human activities are subject to increasing risks from natural and man-induced hazards such as flooding ...
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Continue readingSince 1980 a considerable amount of scientific research dealing with geochemical processes in marine sediments has been carried ...
Continue readingSince the late 1960s, various groups have investigated the influence of marine surface films on mechanisms dominating energy ...
Continue readingDramatic advances in understanding global tectonics have been made in the last half century and the information and specific ...
Continue readingAlthough numerous books have been written on both monitoring and modelling of coastal oceans, there is a practical need for ...
Continue readingHabitat environments of lakes and coastal wetlands are deteriorating due to their exploitative use and improper management. ...
Continue readingThis book opens a new approach to the study of global environmental changes having unfavourable character for mankind and ...
Continue readingThe present volume studies the application of concepts from non-equilibrium thermodynamics to a variety of research topics. ...
Continue readingTaken from a review of the first edition in SIAM:"This text is different from most others in that it combines several different ...
Continue readingThe authors of this reference provide an updated and global view on ocean wave energy conversion for wave energy developers ...
Continue readingThis book presents a comprehensive study on the breaking of surface waves induced by wind and the relationship of breaking ...
Continue readingThis volume covers a wide range of topics and summarizes our present knowledge in ocean modeling, ocean observing systems, ...
Continue readingThe oceans and atmosphere interact through various processes, including the transfer of momentum, heat, gases and particles. ...
Continue readingA major task for physical oceanographers is to determine the movement of oceanic water from observations. This book introduces ...
Continue readingContains papers partly based on presentations by 60 scientists attending a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Past and Present ...
Continue readingThis volume offers a selection of papers that have been presented at the final meeting of Working Group # 120 "Phaeocystis, ...
Continue readingOver the last five decades physical oceanography developed rapidly from a branch of fluid dynamics, with only a few observations, ...
Continue readingPhysical Oceanography of the Dying Aral Sea describes the background, present crisis state, and possible future of this peculiar ...
Continue readingThe aquatic coastal zone is one of the most challenging targets for environmental remote sensing. Properties such as bottom ...
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