Fundamentos de oceanografia
Este livro aborda as principais questões relacionadas às Ciências do Mar, fornecendo base conceitual a diversas áreas do conhecimento. Os recursos da National Geographic foram essenciais para ampliar o foco do livro nos processos da ciência e exploração. Décadas de arte original, mapas, relatos de exploradores, compilações de dados, coleções de artefatos e fotografias históricas foram escolhidos e incluídos. Os capítulos tratam da história das Ciências do Mar, da estrutura e da dinâmica da Terra, além de temas relacionados à circulação atmosférica, oceanografia física clássica, processos litorâneos e processos biogeoquímicos nos oceanos. Analisam os problemas e os benefícios das formas de vida no mar, discutem a produção e o consumo de alimentos de origem marinha e trazem uma abordagem ecológica sobre os organismos marinhos.
Introdução à Oceanografia Física
Espera-se que com este livro, especialmente produzido para os alunos dos cursos de Oceanografia no Brasil, o ensino da oceanografia física seja facilitado Trata-se de uma obra voltada para o professor e para o aluno A conservação dos oceanos, do clima e da grande biodiversidade marinha passa pelo entendimento das leis físicas que governam os movimentos marinhos Introdução à Oceanografia Física é uma gotinha no conhecimento desse grande ecossistema que é o nosso planeta, mas uma gotinha necessária para a construção desse conhecimento e para uma melhor gestão dos nossos recursos
Princípios de Oceanografia Física de Estuários – Coleção Acadêmica
Os estuários são ecossistemas de transição entre o continente e o oceano, áreas de encontro dos rios com o mar. Ao longo da história, grandes cidades foram construídas em seu entorno e hoje representam algumas das mais valiosas regiões do planeta. Este livro, o primeiro publicado no Brasil sobre o tema, aborda os principais aspectos relacionados à pesquisa experimental e teórica desses ricos ambientes. Os temas selecionados são fundamentais para a interpretação interdisciplinar dos processos biológicos, químicos e geológicos que ocorrem nos estuários. São desenvolvidas, a cada capítulo, inúmeras aplicações de metodologias e de exercícios práticos, e, ao final, é apresentada ampla bibliografia, recomendada aos que desejam aprimorar o conhecimento na área. Dirigido a estudiosos da oceanografia, é indicado também para profissionais de áreas afins, como engenharia e ecologia.
Physical Oceanography of the Dying Aral Sea (Springer Praxis Books)
Physical Oceanography of the Dying Aral Sea describes the background, present crisis state, and possible future of this peculiar inland water body from the physical oceanographic standpoint. Based on a wide range of material, a large part of which was published in Russian and has not been previously available to the international reader, the book first provides an historical overview of this unique system, which possesses both lake and sea properties.
Next, the current physical state of the lake is described, partly based on original field research and model experiments, along with the remote sensing data, model results and analyses extracted from recent literature. Next, book attempts to forecast the forthcoming state of the Aral Sea and identify plausible future scenarios. Finally, the book discusses the Aral Sea dessication viewd as a part of the global perspective.
Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction
Descriptive Physical Oceanography, Sixth Edition, provides an introduction to the field with an emphasis on large-scale oceanography based mainly on observations. Topics covered include the physical properties of seawater, heat and salt budgets, instrumentation, data analysis methods, introductory dynamics, oceanography and climate variability of each of the oceans and of the global ocean, and brief introductions to the physical setting, waves, and coastal oceanography.
This updated version contains ocean basin descriptions, including ocean climate variability, emphasizing dynamical context; new chapters on global ocean circulation and introductory ocean dynamics; and a new companion website containing PowerPoint figures, lecture and study guides, and practical exercises for analyzing a global ocean data set using Java OceanAtlas.
This text is ideal for undergraduates and graduate students in marine sciences and oceanography.
Expanded ocean basin descriptions, including ocean climate variability, emphasizing dynamical context
New chapters on global ocean circulation and introductory ocean dynamics
Companion website containing PowerPoint figures, supplemental chapters, and practical exercises for analyzing a global ocean data set using Java OceanAtlas
Waves and Beaches: The Powerful Dynamics of Sea and Coast
The Bestselling Classic Updated for Surfers, Sailors, Oceanographers, Climate Activists, and Those Who Love the Sea
First published in 1963 and updated in 1979, this classic was an essential handbook for anyone who studies, surfs, protects, or is fascinated by the ocean. The original author, Willard Bascom, was a master of the subject and included a wealth of information, based on theory and statistics, but also anecdotal observation and personal experience. It brought to the general public understanding of the awesome and complex power of the waves.
This revision from Kim McCoy adds recent facts and anecdotes to update the book’s relevance in the time of climate change. One of the most significant effects of global warming will be sea-level rise. What will this mean to waves and beaches, and what effects are we already seeing? New text and photos cover events such as the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, Hurricane Katrina flooding of 2005, and the 2011 earthquake and resulting devastation in Fukishima.
As well as students, surfers, and the general public, this updated edition of a beloved classic is an essential handbook for climate scientists and ocean activists, providing clear explanations and detailed resources for the constant battle to preserve the shore.
Fundamentals of Estuarine Physical Oceanography
This book provides an introduction to the complex system functions, variability and human interference in ecosystem between the continent and the ocean. It focuses on circulation, transport and mixing of estuarine and coastal water masses, which is ultimately related to an understanding of the hydrographic and hydrodynamic characteristics (salinity, temperature, density and circulation), mixing processes (advection and diffusion), transport timescales such as the residence time and the exposure time.
In the area of physical oceanography, experiments using these water bodies as a natural laboratory and interpreting their circulation and mixing processes using theoretical and semi-theoretical knowledge are of fundamental importance. Small-scale physical models may also be used together with analytical and numerical models. The book highlights the fact that research and theory are interactive, and the results provide the fundamentals for the development of the estuarine research.
Large Floating Structures
This book surveys key projects that have seen the construction of large floating structures or have attained detailed conceptual designs. This compilation of key floating structures in a single volume captures the innovative features that mark the technological advances made in this field of engineering and will provide a useful reference for ideas, analysis, design and construction of these unique and emerging urban projects to offshore and marine engineers, urban planners, architects and students.
Ondas e Ondaletas. Da Análise de Fourier à Análise de Ondaletas de Séries Temporais
Esta segunda edição de Ondas e Ondaletas apresenta modificações significativas em relação à anterior. O autor acrescentou material novo sobre ondaletas e análise de ondaletas, em especial no que se refere à transformada discreta de ondaletas e espectro de ondaletas. A estimação do espectro de Fourier ganhou capítulo especial, assim como a estimação das formas do espectro evolucionário. Oferece, ainda, problemas a serem resolvidos pelo leitor e referências bibliográficas atualizadas que permitem o aprofundamento das diversas metodologias abordadas. O livro é dirigido a pesquisadores e estudantes de pós-graduação na área de análise espectral de séries temporais ou que trabalhem em seus diversos campos de aplicação – física, engenharia, oceanografia, meteorologia, economia, medicina etc.
Waves in Oceanic and Coastal Waters
Waves in Oceanic and Coastal Waters describes the observation, analysis and prediction of wind-generated waves in the open ocean, in shelf seas, and in coastal regions with islands, channels, tidal flats and inlets, estuaries, fjords and lagoons. Most of this richly illustrated book is devoted to the physical aspects of waves. After introducing observation techniques for waves, both at sea and from space, the book defines the parameters that characterise waves. Using basic statistical and physical concepts, the author discusses the prediction of waves in oceanic and coastal waters, first in terms of generalised observations, and then in terms of the more theoretical framework of the spectral energy balance. He gives the results of established theories and also the direction in which research is developing. The book ends with a description of SWAN (Simulating Waves Nearshore), the preferred computer model of the engineering community for predicting waves in coastal waters.