Breaking Ocean Waves Geometry, Structure, and Remote Sensing /

• Main Author: Sharkov, Eugene A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Oceanography.; Atmospheric sciences.; Geotechnical engineering.; Remote sensing.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.

This book represents the most comprehensive description of the physical findings of an investigation into the spatio-temporal characteristics of the gravity of breaking waves and the foam activity in open sea by methods and instruments of optical and microwave remote sensing. The study of physical a...

Table of Contents:

• and rationale
• Spatial stochastic breaking wave fields in the atmosphere—ocean system
• Linear and two-dimensional geometry of whitecapping and foam structures
• The lifetime dynamics of sea wave breakings
• The drop-spray phase over a rough sea surface
• Electrodynamics of a rough, disperse, closely packed media
• Electrodynamics of concentrated drop flows
• Field optical—microwave remote sensing of the air—sea transition zone in the atmosphere—ocean system
• Conclusions.