LEADER 02564nam 22006011 450 001 9910963404903321 005 20241107095748.0 010 $a1-4214-1079-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000001154850 035 $a(EBL)3318757 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001047688 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11537996 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001047688 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11159443 035 $a(PQKB)11753183 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3318757 035 $a(OCoLC)863593975 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27414 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3318757 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10790471 035 $a(OCoLC)911716175 035 $a(ODN)ODN0001356198 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001154850 100 $a20131029d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe science of ocean waves $eripples, tsunamis, and stormy seas /$fJ.B. Zirker 205 $a1st ed. 210 $d2013 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (263 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a1-4214-1078-8 327 $a""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 NiA?ħo""; ""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"" 327 $a""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"" 330 $aZirker is that rare animal who can both communicate the most demanding technical detail and make it accessible."--New Scientist. 606 $aOcean waves 606 $aTsunamis 615 0$aOcean waves. 615 0$aTsunamis. 676 $a551.46/3 686 $aNAT025000$aSCI052000$aSCI067000$2bisacsh 700 $aZirker$b Jack B$050867 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963404903321 996 $aThe science of ocean waves$94380116 997 $aUNINA