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 freaks that can rise up seemi...
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Baltimore, Maryland :
The Johns Hopkins University Press,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- A walk along the beach
- What exactly is a wave?
- How the wind generates ocean waves
- 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 Nino
- Tides
- The currents
- Ship waves
- Renewable energy from waves and tides
- The future.
