Discovering the Ocean from Space The unique applications of satellite oceanography /

• Main Author: Robinson, Ian S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Hydrogeology.; Oceanography.; Ecotoxicology.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

The remote sensing of oceans from space has developed rapidly since 1978 when the first dedicated ocean viewing sensors were launched. In 1991 the first European Space Agency remote sensing satellite carried sensors primarily for the ocean, heralding the widespread use of satellite date by oceanogra...

Table of Contents:

• The methods of satellite oceanography
• Mesoscale ocean features: Eddies
• Mesoscale ocean features: Fronts
• Ocean mesoscale features: Upwelling and other phenomena
• Planetary waves and large-scale ocean dynamics
• Ocean biology from space
• Ocean surface waves
• Wind over the sea
• Fluxes through the air–sea interface
• Large ocean phenomena with human impact
• Internal waves
• Shelf seas, estuaries, and coasts
• Putting ocean remote sensing to work
• Looking forward.