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Internal Gravity Waves in the Shallow Seas

  • Covers shallow seas and the interaction of waves with varying sea bottoms
  • Includes new technologies for the observation of internal waves
  • Reviews new material, including recent Russian publications, on contemporary topics discussed within the marine community
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences (GEPS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introducing Internal Waves

    • Stanisław R. Massel
    Pages 1-23
  3. Internal Waves in Two-Layer Sea

    • Stanisław R. Massel
    Pages 25-43
  4. Generation of Internal Waves

    • Stanisław R. Massel
    Pages 109-118
  5. Spectral Properties of Internal Waves

    • Stanisław R. Massel
    Pages 119-130
  6. Internal Waves in the Baltic Sea

    • Stanisław R. Massel
    Pages 131-151
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 153-163

About this book

This book contains a comprehensive study of the internal ocean waves, which play a very important role in ocean physics providing mechanisms for ocean water mixing and circulation, as well as the transportation of gases, nutrients, and a very large number of marine organisms in the ocean body.
In contrast to surface waves, the literature on internal waves is not so numerous, mainly due to the difficulties in experimental data collection and in the mathematical description of internal wave propagation.
In this book, the basic mathematical principles, a physical description of the observed phenomena, and practical theoretical methods of determination of wave parameters as well as the original method of observation using moving sensors are presented. Special attention is paid to internal wave propagation over changing bottom topographies in shallow seas such as the Baltic Sea.
The book is supplemented with an extended list of relevant and extended bibliographies, a subject index, and an author index.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Marine Dynamics, Institute of Oceanology, Sopot, Poland

    Stanisław R. Massel

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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