Oceanic Whitecaps - And Their Role in Air-Sea Exchange Processes (Hardcover, 1986 ed.)

While various volumes havepreviously been de- bable, answer to this question lies in the obser- vation that while whitecaps are some of the voted to such topics as droplets and bubbles, it is our conceit that this is the first volume dedi- most apparent features associated with high sea cated to the description of the phenomenon states, they have also pro\'ed to be someofthe of oceanic whitecapping, and to a considera- most difficult objects to measure and describe tion of the role these whitecapsplay in satellite quantitatively, and while scientists as a group marine remote sensing, in sea-salt aerosol gene- may like to tackle difficult problems, we ration, and in a broad range ofother sea surface should not be accused ofundue modesty when processes. This observation, reOecting in part we observe that as a group we also have a finite the relatively modest attention paid until re- tolerance for frustration and ahuman,perhaps cently by the scientific community to white- aesthetic, prejudice in favour ofnatural pheno- caps, is noteworthy when one considers that mena that are amcnable to detailed description. collectively whitecaps are to thegeneral public It is appropriate to note that Professor Wood- one of the most striking features of the sea- cock, to whom this volume is dedicated, ap- scape.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Oceanographic Sciences Library, 2
Release date:	April 1986
First published:	April 1986
Editors:	E. C. Monahan • Gearoid Mac Niocaill
Dimensions:	297 x 210 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	294
Edition:	1986 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-90-277-2251-5
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > The hydrosphere > Oceanography (seas) Promotions
LSN:	90-277-2251-X
Barcode:	9789027722515

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