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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| Format | eBook Book |
| Language | English |
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Amsterdam
Elsevier
2000
Elsevier Science & Technology Elsevier Science |
| Edition | 1 |
| Series | Elsevier oceanography series |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter Preface Table of Contents 1. Oceanography before, and after, the Advent of Satellites 2. Development and Application of Satellite Retrievals of Ocean Wave Spectra 3. ECMWF Wave Modeling and Satellite Altimeter Wave Data 4. The Use of Satellite Surface Wind Data to Improve Weather Analysis and Forecasting at the NASA Data Assimilation Office 5. Combining Altimeter Observations and Oceanographic Data for Ocean Circulation and Climate Studies 6. Remote Sensing of Oceanic Extra-Tropical Rossby Waves 7. A Study of Meddies Using Simultaneous in-situ and Satellite Observations 8. Why Care about El Niño and La Niña? 9. Satellites, Society, and the Peruvian Fisheries during the 1997-1998 El Niño 10. Satellites and Fisheries: The Namibian Hake, a Case Study 11. Ocean-Color Satellites and the Phytoplankton-Dust Connection 12. An Overview of Temporal and Spatial Patterns in Satellite-Derived Chlorophyll-a Imagery and Their Relation to Ocean Processes 13. Remote-Sensing Studies of the Exceptional Summer of 1997 in the Baltic Sea: The Warmest August of the Century, the Oder Flood, and Phytoplankton Blooms 14. Remote-Sensing Studies of Seasonal Variations of Surface Chlorophyll-a Concentration in the Black Sea 15. Remotely Sensed Coastal/Deep-Basin Water Exchange Processes in the Black Sea Surface Layer 16. Satellite-Derived Flow Characteristics of the Caspian Sea 17. Analyzing the 1993-1998 Interannual Variability of NCEP Model Ocean Simulations: The Contribution of TOPEX/Poseidon Observations 18. Recent Progress Toward Satellite Measurements of the Global Sea Surface Salinity Field 19. Sea Surface Salinity: Toward an Operational Remote-Sensing System Appendices Index
- Chapter 18. Recent progress toward satellite measurements of the global sea surface salinity field -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Why Measure Sea Surface Salinity From Space? -- 3. Salinity Remote Sensing -- 4. Candidate Satellite Systems to Measure Salinity -- 5. Sources of Salinity Retrieval Error -- 6. Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 19. Sea surface salinity: Toward an operational remote-sensing system -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Aircraft Remote Sensors -- 3. Proposals for Measuring Sea Surface Salinity from Space -- 4. Conclusions -- Appendix I. List of Acronyms -- Appendix II. Program of the International Conference on Satellites, Oceanography and Society -- Index
- Front Cover -- Satellites, Oceanography and Society -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Oceanography before, and after, the advent of satellites -- Chapter 2. Development and application of satellite retrievals of ocean wave spectra -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Global Comparison of ERS-I SWM and WAM Wave Spectra -- 3. Trans-Ocean Propagation of Swell -- 4. Conclusions and Perspectives -- Chapter 3. ECMWF wave modeling and satellite altimeter wave data -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Surface Wave Modeling and Prediction -- 3. Altimeter Wave Height -- 4. Conclusions -- Chapter 4. The use of satellite surface wind data to improve weather analysis and forecasting at the NASA Data Assimilation Office -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Measurement of Surface winds from Space -- 3. Impact of Scatterometer Data on Numerical Weather Prediction -- 4. Conclusions -- Chapter 5. Combining altimeter observations and oceanographic data for ocean circulation and climate studies -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ocean Transports -- 3. Results -- 4. Discussion and Conclusions -- Chapter 6. Remote sensing of oceanic extra-tropical Rossby waves -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What Are Rossby Waves? -- 3. Observations and New Theories -- 4. Processing Satellite Data to Observe Rossby Waves -- 5. Results -- 6. Rossby Waves in Models -- 7. Future Research -- Chapter 7. A study of meddies using simultaneous in-situ and satellite observations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data Description and Processing Methods -- 3. Results -- 4. Discussion -- 5. Conclusions -- Chapter 8. Why care about El Niño and La Niña? -- 1. E1 Nifio, La Niña, and the Media -- 2. What are E1 Niño and La Niña? -- 3. E1 Niño and La Niña Impacts -- 4. E1 Niño/La Niña Lessons -- Chapter 9. Satellites,society, and the Peruvian fisheries during the 1997-1998 El Niño -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data and Methods -- 3. Results
- 4. Summary and Discussion . -- Chapter 10. Satellites and fisheries. The Namibian hake, a case study -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Remote Sensing and Fisheries -- 3. SST Predictor of Availability of Namibian Hake -- 4. Discussion -- Chapter 11. Ocean-color satellites and the phytoplankton-dust connection -- 1. Phytoplankton Regulation -- 2. Measuring Aerosols -- 3. Ocean-Color Sensors -- 4. Summary and Outlook -- Chapter 12. An overview of temporal and spatial patterns in satellite-derived chlorophyll - a imagery and their relation to ocean processes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Frequency Distributions of In-Situ Chlorophyll-a and CSAT -- 3. CSAT Variability -- 4. Conclusions -- Chapter 13. Remote-sensing studies of the exceptional summer of 1997 in the Baltic Sea: The warmest August of the century, the Oder flood , and phytoplankton blooms -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Satellite Data and Methods -- 3. Results -- 4. Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 14. Remote-sensing studies of seasonal variations of surface chlorophyll- a concentration in the Black Sea -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Black Sea Circulation -- 3. Data and Methods -- 4. Results -- Chapter 15. Remotely sensed coastal/deep-basin water exchange processes in the Black Sea surface layer -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data -- 3. Mesoscale Structures in the Northwestern Region -- 4. Mesoscale Dynamics in the Southeastern Region -- 5. Eddies and Jets in the Northeastern Region -- 6. Conclusions -- Chapter 16. Satellite-derived flow characteristics of the Caspian Sea -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Oceanography of the Caspian Sea -- 3. Results -- 4. Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 17. Analyzing the 1993-1998 interannual variability of NCEP model ocean simulations: The contribution of TOPEX/Poseidon observations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Satellite Data -- 3. Results -- 4. Salinity -- 5. Concluding Remarks