Massel Ocean Waves Breaking and Marine Aerosol Fluxes

2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-69092-6
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 38, 316 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library

This book fills a gap in knowledge of breaking waves and their influence on the generation of marine fluxes from ocean surfaces. Based on published data as well as on the author's experience, the text explores in detail the relationship chain of breaking waves, whitecaps coverage, rate of wave energy dissipation, amount of aerosol fluxes rising from a given sea basin, and possible seasonal variations.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Massel, Stanislaw R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Basic processes near the air—sea interface.- Mechanics of steep and breaking waves.- Spectral and statistical properties of ocean waves.- Experimental insights into mechanisms of wave breaking.- Wave breaking criteria and probability of breaking.- Energy dissipation due to wave breaking.- Whitecap coverage of the sea surface.- Fundamentals of marine aerosols.- Marine aerosol fluxes.- Aerosol flux as a function of sea state parameters.- Seasonal dependence of aerosol fluxes in the Baltic Sea.

Über Autor(innen)

Stanislaw Massel is currently a professor and the Director of the Institute of Oceanology in Sopot Poland.