Ebook: Ocean Waves Breaking and Marine Aerosol Fluxes
Author: Stanisław R. Massel (auth.)
- Tags: Oceanography, Meteorology/Climatology, Mechanics Fluids Thermodynamics, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Biogeosciences
- Series: ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANOGRAPHIC SCIENCES LIBRARY 38
- Year: 2007
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Ocean Waves Breaking and Marine Aerosol Fluxes
Stanislaw R. Massel
Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland
This book presents a comprehensive study on the breaking of surface waves induced by wind and the relationship of breaking rate with marine aerosol fluxes. The book draws attention to the theoretical and experimental achievements in the study of wave breaking phenomena in deep water seas. In particular, it deals with the important problems of energy dissipation and the estimation of energy loss due to wave breaking in deep waters. The rationale behind existing methods and practical outcomes for the estimation of whitecap coverage of the sea surface and energy dissipation rate are given in detail.
The book also focuses on the fundamentals of marine aerosols and their generation. The text provides a comprehensive overview of the currently available experimental data on marine aerosol fluxes and presents theoretical methodology of the estimation of the intensity of sea aerosol production. The systematic analysis leads to a novel approach in the development of links between aerosol production with sea state parameters and its seasonal variation in deep water seas.
The book is intended for professionals and researchers in the areas of ocean physics and meteorology and also as a useful book for graduate students, PhD students, postdoctoral students, and engineers working on ocean environmental problems.
Ocean Waves Breaking and Marine Aerosol Fluxes
Stanislaw R. Massel
Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland
This book presents a comprehensive study on the breaking of surface waves induced by wind and the relationship of breaking rate with marine aerosol fluxes. The book draws attention to the theoretical and experimental achievements in the study of wave breaking phenomena in deep water seas. In particular, it deals with the important problems of energy dissipation and the estimation of energy loss due to wave breaking in deep waters. The rationale behind existing methods and practical outcomes for the estimation of whitecap coverage of the sea surface and energy dissipation rate are given in detail.
The book also focuses on the fundamentals of marine aerosols and their generation. The text provides a comprehensive overview of the currently available experimental data on marine aerosol fluxes and presents theoretical methodology of the estimation of the intensity of sea aerosol production. The systematic analysis leads to a novel approach in the development of links between aerosol production with sea state parameters and its seasonal variation in deep water seas.
The book is intended for professionals and researchers in the areas of ocean physics and meteorology and also as a useful book for graduate students, PhD students, postdoctoral students, and engineers working on ocean environmental problems.
Ocean Waves Breaking and Marine Aerosol Fluxes
Stanislaw R. Massel
Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland
This book presents a comprehensive study on the breaking of surface waves induced by wind and the relationship of breaking rate with marine aerosol fluxes. The book draws attention to the theoretical and experimental achievements in the study of wave breaking phenomena in deep water seas. In particular, it deals with the important problems of energy dissipation and the estimation of energy loss due to wave breaking in deep waters. The rationale behind existing methods and practical outcomes for the estimation of whitecap coverage of the sea surface and energy dissipation rate are given in detail.
The book also focuses on the fundamentals of marine aerosols and their generation. The text provides a comprehensive overview of the currently available experimental data on marine aerosol fluxes and presents theoretical methodology of the estimation of the intensity of sea aerosol production. The systematic analysis leads to a novel approach in the development of links between aerosol production with sea state parameters and its seasonal variation in deep water seas.
The book is intended for professionals and researchers in the areas of ocean physics and meteorology and also as a useful book for graduate students, PhD students, postdoctoral students, and engineers working on ocean environmental problems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Basic processes near the air—sea interface....Pages 1-9
Mechanics of steep and breaking waves....Pages 11-29
Spectral and statistical properties of ocean waves....Pages 31-73
Experimental insights into mechanisms of wave breaking....Pages 75-120
Wave breaking criteria and probability of breaking....Pages 121-155
Energy dissipation due to wave breaking....Pages 157-181
Whitecap coverage of the sea surface....Pages 183-206
Fundamentals of marine aerosols....Pages 207-228
Marine aerosol fluxes....Pages 229-246
Aerosol flux as a function of sea state parameters....Pages 247-260
Seasonal dependence of aerosol fluxes in the Baltic Sea....Pages 261-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-325
Ocean Waves Breaking and Marine Aerosol Fluxes
Stanislaw R. Massel
Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland
This book presents a comprehensive study on the breaking of surface waves induced by wind and the relationship of breaking rate with marine aerosol fluxes. The book draws attention to the theoretical and experimental achievements in the study of wave breaking phenomena in deep water seas. In particular, it deals with the important problems of energy dissipation and the estimation of energy loss due to wave breaking in deep waters. The rationale behind existing methods and practical outcomes for the estimation of whitecap coverage of the sea surface and energy dissipation rate are given in detail.
The book also focuses on the fundamentals of marine aerosols and their generation. The text provides a comprehensive overview of the currently available experimental data on marine aerosol fluxes and presents theoretical methodology of the estimation of the intensity of sea aerosol production. The systematic analysis leads to a novel approach in the development of links between aerosol production with sea state parameters and its seasonal variation in deep water seas.
The book is intended for professionals and researchers in the areas of ocean physics and meteorology and also as a useful book for graduate students, PhD students, postdoctoral students, and engineers working on ocean environmental problems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Basic processes near the air—sea interface....Pages 1-9
Mechanics of steep and breaking waves....Pages 11-29
Spectral and statistical properties of ocean waves....Pages 31-73
Experimental insights into mechanisms of wave breaking....Pages 75-120
Wave breaking criteria and probability of breaking....Pages 121-155
Energy dissipation due to wave breaking....Pages 157-181
Whitecap coverage of the sea surface....Pages 183-206
Fundamentals of marine aerosols....Pages 207-228
Marine aerosol fluxes....Pages 229-246
Aerosol flux as a function of sea state parameters....Pages 247-260
Seasonal dependence of aerosol fluxes in the Baltic Sea....Pages 261-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-325
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