2nd Edition

Environmental Oceanography

By Tom Beer Copyright 1997
396 Pages
by CRC Press

402 Pages
by CRC Press

The second edition of Environmental Oceanography is the first textbook to link the needs of the coastal oceanographer and the environmental practitioner. The ever-increasing human impact on the environment, and particularly on the coastal zone, has led governments to carefully examine the environmental implications of development proposals. This book provides the background needed to undertake... Read more
Coastal Oceanography
Shore Processes
Waves
Tides
Water Composition
Water Circulation
Boundary Layers
Mixing
Coastal Meteorology
Estuaries and Reefs
Direct and Remote Sensing
Data Analysis
Coastal Assessment

Biography

Beer, Tom