Overview
- Updating the previous edition of the book due to remarkable results from synthetic aperture radar satellites, from satellites which measure sea surface salinity, and computational fluid dynamic models open new opportunities in understanding the processes in the near-surface layer of the ocean
- Monitoring short surface waves has significantly progressed due to passive acoustic methods
- Gives a comprehensive account of the structures and dynamics of the near-surface layer of the ocean
- Clarifies theoretical concepts that are developed from fundamental physics and thermodynamics
- Shows results of major air-sea interaction experiments (including those obtained with the participation of the authors), included in the analysis
- Includes an overview of the results for important oceanographic applications such as remote sensing, climate, hurricane physics, oil spills, marine biology, optics and acoustics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library (ATSL, volume 48)
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About the authors
Alexander Soloviev is a Professor at the Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, Dania Beach, FL. He is also associated with the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies. Soloviev participated in several major oceanographic and air-sea interaction experiments (POLYMODE, JASIN, FGGE, TOGA/COARE, GASEX) and is the author and co-author of more than 70 research articles published in peer-reviewed journals. He has been the Principal Investigator on a number of research projects funded by the U.S. federal government and private industry.
Roger Lukas is Professor Emeritus of Oceanography at the University of Hawaii, where he taught courses in large- and small-scale air-sea interaction. His research has included studies of Pacific equatorial currents and waves, their relationships to low-latitude boundary currents, the Asian-Australian monsoons, climate variations, the hydrological cycle and ocean salinity, small-scale air-sea interactions, and abyssal circulation. Lukas was co-leader of the international TOGA/COARE air-sea interaction experiment; helped to establish and maintain the long-term Hawaii Ocean Time-series; and helped motivate and construct the ALOHA Cabled Observatory. Lukas participated in numerous oceanographic cruises and has authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific articles, book chapters and edited volumes.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean
Book Subtitle: Structure, Dynamics and Applications
Authors: Alexander Soloviev, Roger Lukas
Series Title: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7621-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7620-3Published: 07 January 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0451-7Published: 27 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7621-0Published: 09 December 2013
Series ISSN: 1383-8601
Series E-ISSN: 2215-162X
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 552
Number of Illustrations: 199 b/w illustrations, 71 illustrations in colour
Topics: Oceanography, Atmospheric Sciences, Math. Appl. in Environmental Science, Fluid- and Aerodynamics