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Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > The hydrosphere > Oceanography (seas)
Science for the Protection of Indonesian Coastal Ecosystems (SPICE)
provides key information on all aspects related to the management
of coastal ecosystems. This includes the coastal management
involved, the ecology of this area, and the relationship between
humans and the environment found here. The book presents guidelines
defined by scientific experts, allowing for proper application of
science products into ecosystem management. The bio-geo-physical
importance of coastal ecosystems of Indonesia makes this a book of
global importance and interest.
The Physical Oceanography of the Arctic Mediterranean Sea describes
the circulation and the processes in the Arctic Mediterranean, how
our present knowledge has developed, and presents recent changes
caused by a gradually warmer global climate. The Arctic
Mediterranean Sea has been intensively studied in recent years,
especially during the fourth International Polar Year, 2007-09, and
we have become increasingly aware of the changes presently taking
place. This book collects and presents newly acquired knowledge and
sets it in perspective to previous studies. Authored by a
world-renowned leader in the field, this book explores the role of
this small but important sea in the global oceanic circulation and
climate-a must-read for researchers and students in the fields of
oceanography and climate science.
Preparing a Workforce for the New Blue Economy: People, Products
and Policies discusses the Blue Economy, how the industry will
develop, and how to train the next generation. The book considers
the use of big data, key skillsets, training undergraduate and
graduate students, the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) in the
US, economic opportunities in African coastal countries, and
governmental agencies, non-profits and NGO's. Finally, a broad
range of case studies are provided, covering oil spills, commercial
fishing, data protection and harvesting, sustainability and weather
forecasting, all presented to highlight the educational
requirements of the workforce and potential economic opportunities.
Ocean Currents: Physical Drivers in a Changing World opens with a
general introduction to the character, measurement, and simulation
of ocean currents, leading to a physical and dynamical framework
for understanding the wide variety of flows encountered in the
oceans. The book comprises chapters covering distinct aspects of
contrasting ocean currents: broad and slow, deep and shallow,
narrow and swift, large scale and small scale, low latitudes and
high latitudes, and moving in horizontal and vertical planes.
Through this approach the authors cover a wide range of
applications, from local to global, with considerable geographical
context.
Nonlinear Ocean Dynamics: Synthetic Aperture Radar delivers the
critical tools needed to understand the latest technology
surrounding the radar imaging of nonlinear waves, particularly
microwave radar, as a main source to understand, analyze and apply
concepts in the field of ocean dynamic surface. Filling the gap
between modern physics quantum theory and applications of radar
imaging of ocean dynamic surface, this reference is packed with
technical details associated with the potentiality of synthetic
aperture radar (SAR). The book also includes key methods needed to
extract the value-added information necessary, such as wave spectra
energy, current pattern velocity, internal waves, and more. This
book also reveals novel speculation of a shallow coastal front:
named as Quantized Marghany's Front. Rounding out with practical
simulations of 4-D wave-current interaction patterns using using
radar images, the book brings an effective new source of technology
and applications for today's coastal scientists and engineers.
The Indian Ocean and its Role in the Global Climate System provides
an overview of our contemporary understanding of the Indian Ocean
(geology, atmosphere, ocean, hydrology, biogeochemistry) and its
role in the climate system. It describes the monsoon systems,
Indian Ocean circulation and connections with other ocean basins.
Climatic phenomena in the Indian Ocean are detailed across a range
of timescales (seasonal, interannual to multi-decadal).
Biogeochemical and ecosystem variability is also described. The
book will provide a summary of different tools (e.g., observations,
modeling, paleoclimate records) that are used for understanding
Indian Ocean variability and trends. Recent trends and future
projections of the Indian Ocean, including warming, extreme events,
ocean acidification and deoxygenation will be detailed. The Indian
Ocean is unique and different from other tropical ocean basins due
to its geography. It is traditionally under-observed and
understudied, yet plays a fundamental role for regional and global
climate. The vagaries of the Asian monsoon affect over a billion
people and a third of the global population live in the vicinity of
the Indian Ocean. It is also particularly vulnerable to climate
change, with robust warming and trends in heat and freshwater
observed in recent decades. Advances have recently been made in our
understanding of the Indian Ocean’s circulation, interactions
with adjacent ocean basins, and its role in regional and global
climate. Nonetheless, significant gaps remain in understanding,
observing, modeling, and predicting Indian Ocean variability and
change across a range of timescales. As such, this book is the
perfect compendium to any researcher, student, teacher/lecturer in
the fields of oceanography, atmospheric science, paleoclimate,
environmental science, meteorology and geology, as well as policy
managers and water resource managers.
Tsunamiites: Features and Implications, Second Edition, is an
overview of the state-of-the art developments in sedimentology of
tsunami-induced and tsunami-affected deposits, namely tsunamiites.
It also highlights new problems and issues calling for additional
investigation and provides insight into the direction for future
tsunamiite research. New to this edition: discussion of the impact
of 2011 tsunami in Northern Japan as well as additional coverage of
offshore tractive current deposition and deposition of boulders.
Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat: GeoHab Atlas of Seafloor
Geomorphic Features and Benthic Habitats, Second Edition, provides
an updated synthesis of seabed geomorphology and benthic habitats.
This new edition includes new case studies from all geographic
areas and habitats that were not included in the previous edition,
including the Arctic, Asia, Africa and South America. Using
multibeam sonar, the benthic ecology of submarine features, such as
fjords, sand banks, coral reefs, seamounts, canyons, mud volcanoes
and spreading ridges is revealed in unprecedented detail. This
timely release offers new understanding for researchers in Marine
Biodiversity, environmental managers, ecologists, and more.
Marine Protected Areas: Science, Policy and Management addresses a
full spectrum of issues relating to Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
not currently available in any other single volume. Chapters are
contributed by a wide range of working specialists who examine
conceptions and definitions of MPAs, progress on the implementation
of worldwide MPAs, policy and legal variations across MPAs, the
general importance of coastal communities in implementation, and
the future of MPAs. The book constructively elucidates conflicts,
issues, approaches and solutions in a way that creates a balanced
consideration of the nature of effective policy and management.
Those in theory, designation, implementation or management of MPAs,
from individuals, marine sector organizations, and university and
research center libraries will find it an important work.
Semi-Lagrangian Advection Methods and Their Applications in
Geoscience provides a much-needed resource on semi-Lagrangian
theory, methods, and applications. Covering a variety of
applications, the book brings together developments of the
semi-Lagrangian in one place and offers a comparison of
semi-Lagrangian methods with Eulerian-based approaches. It also
includes a chapter dedicated to difficulties of dealing with the
adjoint of semi-Lagrangian methods and illustrates the behavior of
different schemes for different applications. This allows for a
better understanding of which schemes are most efficient, stable,
consistent, and likely to introduce the minimum model error into a
given problem. Beneficial for students learning about numerical
approximations to advection, researchers applying these techniques
to geoscientific modeling, and practitioners looking for the best
approach for modeling, Semi-Lagrangian Advection Methods and Their
Applications in Geoscience fills a crucial gap in numerical
modeling and data assimilation in geoscience.
Coastal Zone Management: Global Perspectives, Regional Processes,
Local Issues brings together a vast range of interdisciplinary data
on coastal zones in a concise, yet exhaustive format that will be
useful to students, researchers, and teachers. The book contains
several focused sections, all of which include individual chapters
written by subject experts with considerable experience in their
fields of research. Each chapter presents the latest research and
status of its focus, with a concluding endnote on future trends.
Topics covered in the book include the sea level and climate
changes, evolution of coastlines, land-use dynamics and coastal
hazards mitigation and management. The global coast has faced the
force of both climate hange and natural disasters, which continue
to result in the loss of human life and degradation of quality of
the coastal environment. Coastal Zone Management: Global
Perspectives, Regional Processes, Local Issues provides the latest
developments and key strategies to tackle this in a single
comprehensive volume. It is an essential reference for scientists
and researchers well-read on coastal zones, as well as those new to
the subject.
Coastal Wetlands, Second Edition: An Integrated and Ecosystem
Approach provides an understanding of the functioning of coastal
ecosystems and the ecological services that they provide. As
coastal wetlands are under a great deal of pressure from the dual
forces of rising sea levels and the intervention of human
populations, both along the estuary and in the river catchment,
this book covers important issues, such as the destruction or
degradation of wetlands from land reclamation and infrastructures,
impacts from the discharge of pollutants, changes in river flows
and sediment supplies, land clearing, and dam operations.
Marine Pollution: Sources, Fate and Effects of Pollutants in
Coastal Ecosystems bring together the theoretical background on
common and emerging marine pollutants and their effects on
organisms (ecotoxicology). Written by a renowned expert in the
field who is a researcher, teacher and advisor of national and
international institutions on issues such as oil spills, water
quality assessment and plastic pollution, this book offers a
thorough account of the effects of pollutants on marine organisms,
the relevant environmental regulations, and the public health
implications, along with the biological tools advocated by the
international institutions for marine pollution monitoring. Marine
Pollution: Sources, Fate and Effects of Pollutants in Coastal
Ecosystems presents information in a detailed and didactic manner,
reviewing the latest scientific knowledge alongside examples of
practical applications.
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