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The science of ocean waves : ripples, tsunamis, and stormy seas /
"'Powerful ocean waves fascinate the public, and they have made a lot of news lately.' With that indisputable observation, scientist J.B. Zirker takes off on a whirlwind tour of the world of waves--from the 'ordinary' waves that constantly churn the sea to the rogues or frea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A walk along the beach
- What exactly is a wave?
- How the wind generates ocean waves
- A touch of reality: How big waves behave
- Observations at sea: the postwar boom
- Forecasting and monitoring storm waves
- Breaking waves
- Freaks and rogues
- Tsunamis
- Internal waves and El Niño
- The tides
- The currents
- Ship waves
- Renewable energy from waves and tides
- The future.