| Oceanic Whitecaps: And Their Role in Air-Sea Exchange Processes 1986 Edition Contributor(s): Monahan, E. C. (Editor), Mac Niocaill, Gearóid (Editor) |
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ISBN: 902772251X ISBN-13: 9789027722515 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1986 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology - Science | Earth Sciences - Oceanography |
| Dewey: 551.470 |
| LCCN: 86006521 |
| Series: Oceanographic Sciences Library |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.52" W x 9.54" (1.40 lbs) 294 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: While various volumes havepreviously been de- bable, answer to this question lies in the obser- vation that while whitecaps are some of the voted to such topics as droplets and bubbles, it is our conceit that this is the first volume dedi- most apparent features associated with high sea cated to the description of the phenomenon states, they have also pro\'ed to be someofthe of oceanic whitecapping, and to a considera- most difficult objects to measure and describe tion of the role these whitecapsplay in satellite quantitatively, and while scientists as a group marine remote sensing, in sea-salt aerosol gene- may like to tackle difficult problems, we ration, and in a broad range ofother sea surface should not be accused ofundue modesty when processes. This observation, reOecting in part we observe that as a group we also have a finite the relatively modest attention paid until re- tolerance for frustration and ahuman, perhaps cently by the scientific community to white- aesthetic, prejudice in favour ofnatural pheno- caps, is noteworthy when one considers that mena that are amcnable to detailed description. collectively whitecaps are to thegeneral public It is appropriate to note that Professor Wood- one of the most striking features of the sea- cock, to whom this volume is dedicated, ap- scape. |
