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Autore |
Zirker Jack B |
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The science of ocean waves : ripples, tsunamis, and stormy seas / / J.B. Zirker |
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Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ocean waves |
Tsunamis |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 A Walk along the Beach""; ""2 What Exactly Is a Wave?""; ""3 How the Wind Generates Ocean Waves""; ""4 A Touch of Reality: How Big Waves Behave""; ""5 Observations at Sea: The Postwar Boom""; ""6 Forecasting and Monitoring Storm Waves""; ""7 Breaking Waves""; ""8 Freaks and Rogues""; ""9 Tsunamis""; ""10 Internal Waves and El Niño""; ""11 The Tides""; ""12 The Currents""; ""13 Ship Waves""; ""14 Renewable Energy from Waves and Tides""; ""15 The Future""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""M""; ""P"" |
""R""""S""; ""T""; ""W""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
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