The Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean Structure, Dynamics and Applications /

• Main Authors: Soloviev, Alexander (Author), Lukas, Roger (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, 48
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Oceanography.; Atmospheric sciences.; Fluids.; Environmental sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.

The rationale for publishing a second edition of this monograph is that this area of research continues to show remarkable advancement. The new generation of synthetic aperture radar satellites provided unprecedented spatial resolution of the sea surface features. In addition, satellites to measure...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Sea Surface Microlayer
• Near-Surface Turbulence
• Fine Structure and Microstructure
• Spatially Varying and Coherent Structures.- High Wind Speed Regime
• Applications.