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The Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean

Structure, Dynamics and Applications

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Authors:
  1. Alexander Soloviev

    1. Oceanographic Center, NOVA Southeastern University, Dania Beach, U.S.A.

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  2. Roger Lukas

    1. Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, U.S.A.

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  • A comprehensive account of the structure and dynamics of the near-surface layer of the ocean
  • The near-surface layer of the ocean is of increasing importance for many practical applications

Part of the book series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library (ATSL, volume 31)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. INTRODUCTION

    • Alexander Soloviev, Roger Lukas
    Pages 1-65

  3. SEA SURFACE MICROLAYER

    • Alexander Soloviev, Roger Lukas
    Pages 67-141

  4. NEAR-SURFACE TURBULENCE

    • Alexander Soloviev, Roger Lukas
    Pages 143-217

  5. FINE STRUCTURE AND MICROSTRUCTURE

    • Alexander Soloviev, Roger Lukas
    Pages 219-284

  6. SPATIALLY-VARYING AND COHERENT STRUCTURES

    • Alexander Soloviev, Roger Lukas
    Pages 285-393

  7. HIGH WIND SPEED REGIME

    • Alexander Soloviev, Roger Lukas
    Pages 395-438

  8. APPLICATIONS

    • Alexander Soloviev, Roger Lukas
    Pages 439-504

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 505-574
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About this book

Until the 1980s, a tacit agreement among many physical oceanographers was that nothing deserving attention could be found in the upper few meters of the ocean. The lack of adequete knowledge about the near-surface layer of the ocean was mainly due to the fact that the widely used oceanographic instruments (such as bathythermographs, CTDs, current meters, etc.) were practically useless in the upper few meters of the ocean. Interest in the ne- surface layer of the ocean rapidly increased along with the development of remote sensing techniques. The interpretation of ocean surface signals sensed from satellites demanded thorough knowledge of upper ocean processes and their connection to the ocean interior. Despite its accessibility to the investigator, the near-surface layer of the ocean is not a simple subject of experimental study. Random, sometimes huge, vertical motions of the ocean surface due to surface waves are a serious complication for collecting quality data close to the ocean surface. The supposedly minor problem of avoiding disturbances from ships’ wakes has frustrated several generations of oceanographers attempting to take reliable data from the upper few meters of the ocean. Important practical applications nevertheless demanded action, and as a result several pioneering works in the 1970s and 1980s laid the foundation for the new subject of oceanography – the near-surface layer of the ocean.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Oceanographic Center, NOVA Southeastern University, Dania Beach, U.S.A.

    Alexander Soloviev

  • Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, U.S.A.

    Roger Lukas

About the authors

Dr. Alexander Soloviev is an Associate Professor at the NOVA Southeastern University’s Oceanographic Center, Dania Beach, Florida. He also worked as a research scientist in the two leading research institutions of the former Soviet Academy of Sciences: P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology and A.M. Oboukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics.

Dr. Roger Lukas is a Professor in the Department of Oceanography at the University of Hawaii, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was one of the two principal organizers of a major international air-sea interaction experiment (TOGA/COARE) conducted during 1992-94 in the western equatorial Pacific.

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