The Interaction of Ocean Waves and Wind - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Interaction of Ocean Waves and Wind write by Peter Janssen. This book was released on 2004-10-28. The Interaction of Ocean Waves and Wind available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book was published in 2004. The Interaction of Ocean Waves and Wind describes in detail the two-way interaction between wind and ocean waves and shows how ocean waves affect weather forecasting on timescales of 5 to 90 days. Winds generate ocean waves, but at the same time airflow is modified due to the loss of energy and momentum to the waves; thus, momentum loss from the atmosphere to the ocean depends on the state of the waves. This volume discusses ocean wave evolution according to the energy balance equation. An extensive overview of nonlinear transfer is given, and as a by-product the role of four-wave interactions in the generation of extreme events, such as freak waves, is discussed. Effects on ocean circulation are described. Coupled ocean-wave, atmosphere modelling gives improved weather and wave forecasts. This volume will interest ocean wave modellers, physicists and applied mathematicians, and engineers interested in shipping and coastal protection.
The Natural Navigator
The Natural Navigator - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Natural Navigator write by Tristan Gooley. This book was released on 2012-06-05. The Natural Navigator available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Secret World of Weather and The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, learn to tap into nature and notice the hidden clues all around you Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, humankind was navigating. Now this singular guide helps us rediscover what our ancestors long understood—that a windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong can help us find our way, if we know what to look and listen for. Adventurer and navigation expert Tristan Gooley unlocks the directional clues hidden in the sun, moon, stars, clouds, weather patterns, lengthening shadows, changing tides, plant growth, and the habits of wildlife. Rich with navigational anecdotes collected across ages, continents, and cultures, The Natural Navigator will help keep you on course and open your eyes to the wonders, large and small, of the natural world.
Wind Waves at Se
Wind Waves at Se - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wind Waves at Se write by Henry Bryant Bigelow. This book was released on 2012-06-01. Wind Waves at Se available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Hydrographic Office Publication, No. 609.
Second Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin
Second Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Second Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin write by The BACC II Author Team. This book was released on 2015-04-03. Second Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is an update of the first BACC assessment, published in 2008. It offers new and updated scientific findings in regional climate research for the Baltic Sea basin. These include climate changes since the last glaciation (approx. 12,000 years ago), changes in the recent past (the last 200 years), climate projections up until 2100 using state-of-the-art regional climate models and an assessment of climate-change impacts on terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. There are dedicated new chapters on sea-level rise, coastal erosion and impacts on urban areas. A new set of chapters deals with possible causes of regional climate change along with the global effects of increased greenhouse gas concentrations, namely atmospheric aerosols and land-cover change. The evidence collected and presented in this book shows that the regional climate has already started to change and this is expected to continue. Projections of potential future climates show that the region will probably become considerably warmer and wetter in some parts, but dryer in others. Terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems have already shown adjustments to increased temperatures and are expected to undergo further changes in the near future. The BACC II Author Team consists of 141 scientists from 12 countries, covering various disciplines related to climate research and related impacts. BACC II is a project of the Baltic Earth research network and contributes to the World Climate Research Programme.
Comparison of Wind Wave and Uniform Wave Effects on a Beach
Comparison of Wind Wave and Uniform Wave Effects on a Beach - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Comparison of Wind Wave and Uniform Wave Effects on a Beach write by Peter Truman Kraai. This book was released on 1969. Comparison of Wind Wave and Uniform Wave Effects on a Beach available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A series of two dimensional experiments were made in a wave channel to compare the nearshore beach profiles formed by wind generated waves with the profiles formed by periodic machine-generated waves. Although equilibrium was easily obtained in the case of uniform periodic wave exposure, it was not possible to achieve equilibrium when the beach was exposed to wind waves. Particles of neutral buoyancy and dyes indicated that the basic current systems differed in the offshore zone for the two cases. Arguments are presented to show that no theoretical equilibrium beach profile exists for the case of a beach exposed to locally generated wind waves. (Author).
