Marine climate and climate change : storms, wind waves and storm surges

Author(s)

• Weisse, Ralf
• Storch, H. v. (Hans von)

Bibliographic Information

Marine climate and climate change : storms, wind waves and storm surges

Ralf Weisse and Hans von Storch

（Springer-Praxis books in environmental sciences）

Springer/Praxis, c2010

• hbk.
• hbk.

Note

Formerly CIP Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Marine environmental conditions such as storms, storm surges and wave heights are directly experienced by, for example, off-shore operations or coastal populations. The authors review and bring together the state-of-the-art and present day knowledge about historical changes, recent trends and concepts on how marine environmental conditions may change in the future as well as discuss models and data problems.

Table of Contents

Climate and climate variability.- Marine weather phenomena.- Models for the marine environment.- How to determine long-term changes in marine climate.- Past and future changes in wind, wave, and storm surge climates.

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Details

• NCID: BB00628198
• ISBN:
  • 9783540253167
  • 3540253165
• Country Code: gw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berlin ; London
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 219 p, [16] p. of plates
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 551.509162
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Marine meteorology
  • LCSH : Marine meteorology -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Climatic changes -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects
  • LCSH : Climatic changes -- Detection
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA47858343