The near-surface layer of the ocean : structure, dynamics and applications /

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Author / Creator:Soloviev, Alexander, author.
Edition:Second edition.
Imprint:Dordrecht : Springer, [2014]
©2014
Description:1 online resource (xxviii, 552 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:English
Series:Atmospheric and oceanographic sciences library ; volume 48
Atmospheric and oceanographic sciences library ; volume 48.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11082308
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Other authors / contributors:Lukas, Roger, author.
ISBN:9789400776210
9400776217
9400776209
9789400776203
9789400776203
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed Dec. 24, 2013).
Summary:The rationale for publishing a second edition of this monograph is that this area of research continues to show remarkable advancement. The new generation of synthetic aperture radar satellites provided unprecedented spatial resolution of the sea surface features. In addition, satellites to measure sea surface salinity have been launched. Computational fluid dynamic models open new opportunities in understanding the processes in the near-surface layer of the ocean and their visibility from space. Passive acoustic methods for monitoring short surface waves have significantly progressed. Estimation of the errors in satellite measurements of long-term global sea surface temperature trends due to processes in the near-surface layer of the ocean has become important for climate research. Due to growing applications of the results, it is anticipated that more students are going to be trained in this area of research. Therefore this second edition of the monograph is closer to a textbook format.
Other form:Print version: Soloviev, Alexander. Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean : Structure, Dynamics and Applications. Dordrecht : Springer, ©2013 9789400776203
Standard no.:10.1007/978-94-007-7621-0