Satellites, oceanography, and society /
The book shows how the new observations from satellites required advances in theory and influenced societal decision-making. Chapters have a review with an extensive reference list, making the book an excellent source of information for biological and physical oceanographers and atmospheric scientis...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Elsevier,
2000.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Elsevier oceanography series ;
63. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The book shows how the new observations from satellites required advances in theory and influenced societal decision-making. Chapters have a review with an extensive reference list, making the book an excellent source of information for biological and physical oceanographers and atmospheric scientists. A large range of state-of-the art applications of satellite data (altimeter, color, infrared radiometer, scatterometer, synthetic aperture radar) visible in regional-to-global scale ocean studies integrating satellite and in-situ measurements with circulation models are covered in the book. Subjects include forecasting of surface waves, both swell and windsea, and surface wind; El Niño/La Niña; exchange of water masses between ocean basins, Rossby waves; eddies and filaments; fisheries; coastal ocean dynamics; phytoplankton dynamics; and ideas to measure sea surface salinity. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 367 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780080540719 0080540716 9780444505019 0444505016 |