Recent Advances in the Study of Oceanic Whitecaps
Twixt Wind and Waves
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Beschreibung
This book provides the reader with the a comprehensive summary of the recent advances in the study of whitecaps. It is the first major publication focusing specifically on whitecaps and their role in a variety of climate-relevant air-sea interaction processes since the publication, in 1986, of Oceanic Whitecaps, and Their Role in Air-Sea Exchange Processes, edited by Edward Charles Monahan and Gearoid Mac Niocaill (published by Springer). This book also provides the interested reader with a review of the initial work done on this topic in the second half of the 20th Century.
This book provides the reader with the a comprehensive summary of the recent advances in the study of whitecaps. It is the first major publication focusing specifically on whitecaps and their role in a variety of climate-relevant air-sea interaction processes since the publication, in 1986, of Oceanic Whitecaps, and Their Role in Air-Sea Exchange Processes, edited by Edward Charles Monahan and Gearoid Mac Niocaill (published by Springer). This book also provides the interested reader with a review of the initial work done on this topic in the second half of the 20th Century.
Offers a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of oceanic whitecaps Includes contributions by front-line researchers on the topic of oceanic whitecaps Provides relevant illustrations to advance the reader's understanding of the topic
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Penny Vlahos
Themen in »Recent Advances in the Study of Oceanic Whitecaps«
Air-sea exchange processes Atmospheric Sciences Breaking waves Bubble plumes Bubble-mediated gas transfer Climate Change Climate Change Impacts Earth System Sciences Oceanic whitecaps Sea foam Sea spray generation Sea surface albedo Sea surface stress indicators Wave dissipation mechanisms meteorology