The global coastal ocean: processes and methods, Volume 10"The Sea" is a prestigious series with a history going back to the classic three volume treatise published by Wiley in 1962-63. Now, under the leadership of Allan Robinson, the series is again being extended with five new volumes currently planned that emphasizing the "interaction" of physical, chemical and biological oceanography. "Coastal Ocean Phenomena" is the first of these new volumes, and it deals with the general principles governing ocean phenomena in regions of shallower water near land. Processes such as tidal effects, global sea level changes, biological productivity, and sediment transport are analyzed. Models and methods are emphasized, including remote sensing, models of coastal ocean circulation, and data acquisition.Volume 10 presents the general principles, and volume 11 is organized geographically to presents the results of 35 of regional studies: Eastern North America, the Caribbean, the North Sea and Baltic, the Mediterranean Sea, and so forth.Volume 10 is a readableand systematic introduction to coastal oceanography that is suitable for use with college courses, while volume 11 is a much larger reference work.Note that volumes 10 and 11 are available together as a set (ISBN 0471-11543-6, tent $175.00.). |
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Contents
WindDriven Currents over the Continental Shelf | 3 |
Buoyancy Effects in Coastal and Shelf Seas by A Edward Hill | 21 |
Topographic Effects Straits and the Bottom Boundary Layer | 63 |
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ADCP advection along-shelf alongshore Arctic areas Atmos baroclinic barotropic basin benthic biological buoyancy carbon cycle chlorophyll coast coastal current coastal ocean coastal zone coefficient continental shelf continental slope cross-shelf current meter cycle data assimilation Deep-Sea Res dense water density depth discharge ecosystem eddies effects Ekman Ekman transport equation estimate estuary example field flow flux fronts Geophys geostrophic global gradient Gulf Gulf of Maine halocline horizontal input interaction isobaths marine measurements mixing mooring nonlinear nutrients observations Oceanogr Oceanography offshore open ocean organic carbon parameter Phys physical phytoplankton plankton plume polynyas primary production problem processes profiles recruitment region river rotation salinity sampling satellite scales sea level sea level rise sediment sensors Shelf Res shelf seas shelf water shelves simulated slope spatial Strait stratification structure surface Syvitski temperature tide tion topography transport turbulence upwelling variability vector velocity vertical water column waves wind stress Yellow River zooplankton
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| Title | The global coastal ocean: processes and methods, Volume 10 The Sea: Ideas and Observations on Progress in the Study of the Seas, Maurice Neville Hill Volume 11 of The Sea Series The global coastal ocean: processes and methods |
| Authors | Kenneth H. Brink, Allan R. Robinson |
| Editors | Kenneth H. Brink, Allan R. Robinson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Wiley & Sons, 1998 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Jul 23, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0471115444, 9780471115441 |
| Length | 604 pages |
| Subjects | › › Nature / Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas Science / Earth Sciences / General Science / Earth Sciences / Oceanography Science / General |
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