1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453752303321

Autore

Zirker Jack B

Titolo

The science of ocean waves : ripples, tsunamis, and stormy seas / / J.B. Zirker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-4214-1079-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

551.46/3

Soggetti

Ocean waves

Tsunamis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996208096503316

Titolo

Technical digest : summaries of papers presented at the International Quantum Electronics Conference : the Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, May 3-8, 1998 : IQEC'98

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Optical Society of America, 1998

Collana

1998 OSA technical digest series  Technical digest

Disciplina

537.5

Soggetti

Quantum electronics - Congresses

Nonlinear optics - Congresses

Lasers - Congresses

Physics

Physical Sciences & Mathematics

Electricity & Magnetism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph