The near-surface layer of the ocean [electronic resource] : structure, dynamics and applications / Alexander Soloviev, Roger Lukas.

Second edition.

9789400776210 electronic book
9400776217 electronic book
9789400776203

Dordrecht : Springer, [2014]

©2014

English

1 online resource (xxviii, 552 pages) : illustrations.

10.1007/978-94-007-7621-0 doi

GC190.2

551.46

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Atmospheric and oceanographic sciences library ; volume 48.

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