Satellites, Oceanography and Society

This book shows how the new observations from satellites required advances in theory and influenced societal decision-making. Chapters have a review with an extensive reference list, making the book an excellent source of information for biological and physical oceanographers and atmospheric scienti...

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Main Authors International Conference on Satellites, Oceanography and Society, Halpern, David
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier 2000
Elsevier Science & Technology
Elsevier Science
Edition1
SeriesElsevier oceanography series
Subjects
Astronautics in oceanography
Congresses
Earth Sciences
Hydrology, Oceanography & Glaciology
Oceanography
Oceanography > Remote sensing > Congresses
Remote sensing
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Summary:This book shows how the new observations from satellites required advances in theory and influenced societal decision-making. Chapters have a review with an extensive reference list, making the book an excellent source of information for biological and physical oceanographers and atmospheric scientists. A large range of state-of-the art applications of satellite data (altimeter, color, infrared radiometer, scatterometer, synthetic aperture radar) visible in regional-to-global scale ocean studies integrating satellite and in-situ measurements with circulation models are covered in the book. Subjects include forecasting of surface waves, both swell and windsea, and surface wind; El Niño/La Niña; exchange of water masses between ocean basins, Rossby waves; eddies and filaments; fisheries; coastal ocean dynamics; phytoplankton dynamics; and ideas to measure sea surface salinity.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
Papers presented at the International Conference on Satellites, Oceanography and Society (ICOSOS), August 17-21, 1998, Lisbon, Portugal, under the auspices of EXPO'98
ISBN:9780444505019
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