Overview
- First comprehensive and authoritative description of the greater Agulhas Current system based on 60 years of research
- Combines results from both physical, biological, chemical and geological oceanology, as well as marine meteorology and climatology
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"Lutjeharms does a remarkable job of presenting the Agulhas to the wider community. His encyclopedic knowledge nicely draws together the many research studies devoted to the Agulhas Current system to produce an excellent, objective, and well-written analysis. … Professor Johann R.E. Lutjeharms has produced a truly scholarly work, drawing from a multitude of research papers, many from his own pen, and presenting to us with clarity the complex oceanography of the Agulhas Current system … . Johann: On target and well done!" (Arnold L. Gordon, Oceanography, Vol. 20 (1), 2007)
"A comprehensive and passionate survey of the collected general knowledge of the greater Agulhas Current system … . I highly recommend this book to all students and researchers of the greater Agulhas system. The author has succeeded in writing a book that will be considered a standard work for years to come. The book is very well written, nicely bound, and looks extremely attractive inside and out. … This book is a must for everyone working in or on the greater Agulhas Current system." (Will P. M. de Ruijter, Eos, Vol. 89 (10), 2008)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Agulhas Current
Authors: Johann R. E. Lutjeharms
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-37212-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-42392-8Published: 05 July 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07622-0Published: 23 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-37212-7Published: 26 August 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 329
Number of Illustrations: 179 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Oceanography, Ecotoxicology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Atmospheric Sciences