Keywords:
Artificial satellites in oceanography.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
The author's main research activity for the last 20 years as a researcher and an academic teacher of physical oceanography has been in the field of satellite oceanography. This unique book reflects the breadth of that knowledge. It is the first academic text devoted to describing and explaining the impact that satellite image data have made to our understanding of how the ocean behaves.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (678 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783540683223
Series Statement:
Springer Praxis Bks.
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=603409
DDC:
551.46
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Discovering the Oceanfrom Space -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Tables -- Abbreviations and names of satellites and sensors -- Symbols and nomenclature -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The methods of satellite oceanography -- 3 Mesoscale ocean features: Eddies -- 4 Mesoscale ocean features: Fronts -- 5 Ocean mesoscale features: Upwelling andother phenomena -- 6 Planetary waves and large-scaleocean dynamics -- 7 Ocean biology from space -- 8 Ocean surface waves -- 9 Wind over the sea -- 10 Fluxes through the air-sea interface -- 11 Large ocean phenomena with human impact -- 12 Internal waves -- 13 Shelf seas, estuaries, and coasts -- 14 Putting ocean remote sensing to work -- 15 Looking forward -- Index.
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