Sea-Level Science
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Sea-Level Science

Understanding Tides, Surges, Tsunamis and Mean Sea-Level Changes

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eBook - PDF

Sea-Level Science

Understanding Tides, Surges, Tsunamis and Mean Sea-Level Changes

About this book

Understanding sea-level processes, such as ocean tides, storm surges, tsunamis, El Niño and rises caused by climate change, is key to planning effective coastal defence. Building on David Pugh's classic book Tides, Surges and Mean Sea-Level, this substantially expanded, full-colour book now incorporates major recent technological advances in the areas of satellite altimetry and other geodetic techniques (particularly GPS), tsunami science, measurement of mean sea level and analyses of extreme sea levels. The authors discuss how each surveying and measuring technique complements others in providing an understanding of present-day sea-level change and more reliable forecasts of future changes. Giving the how and the why of sea-level change on timescales from hours to centuries, this authoritative and exciting book is ideal for graduate students and researchers in oceanography, marine engineering, geodesy, marine geology, marine biology and climatology. It will also be of key interest to coastal engineers and governmental policy-makers.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781107028197
eBook ISBN
9781139898706
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Oceanography

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acronyms
  8. Main symbols
  9. Chapter 1 Introduction
  10. Chapter 2 Sea-level measuring systems
  11. Chapter 3 Tidal forces
  12. Chapter 4 Tidal analysis and prediction
  13. Chapter 5 Tidal dynamics
  14. Chapter 6 Shallow-water and coastal tides
  15. Chapter 7 Storm surges, meteotsunamis and other meteorological effects on sea level
  16. Chapter 8 Tsunamis
  17. Chapter 9 Spatial variations in sea level
  18. Chapter 10 Mean sea-level changes in time
  19. Chapter 11 Sea-level changes in time to do with the solid Earth
  20. Chapter 12 Sea-level applications
  21. Chapter 13 Sea level and life
  22. Appendix A Basic hydrostatic and hydrodynamic equations
  23. Appendix B Currents
  24. Appendix C High and low water times and heights from harmonic constituents
  25. Appendix D Theoretical tidal dynamics
  26. Appendix E Legal definitions in the coastal zone
  27. Glossary
  28. Index