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Wave Dynamics and Radio Probing of the Ocean Surface

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  1. O. M. Phillips

    1. The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

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  2. Klaus Hasselmann

    1. Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

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Table of contents (46 chapters)

  1. Wave Instabilities and Breaking

    1. Measurements of Breaking Waves

      • M. S. Longuet-Higgins, N. D. Smith
      Pages 257-264

    2. Statistical Characteristics of Breaking Waves

      • Yeli Yuan, C. C. Tung, Norden E. Huang
      Pages 265-272

    3. On Microwave Scattering by Breaking Waves

      • Lewis Wetzel
      Pages 273-284

    4. Observation of Breaking Ocean Waves with Coherent Microwave Radar

      • W. C. Keller, W. J. Plant, G. R. Valenzuela
      Pages 285-293

    6. Stability of Nonlinear Capillary Waves

      • S. J. Hogan
      Pages 315-318

  2. Air Flow Over Waves

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 319-319
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    4. Measurements of Wave-Induced Pressure over Surface Gravity Waves

      • D. Hasselmann, J. Bösenberg, M. Dunckel, K. Richter, M. Grünewald, H. Carlson
      Pages 353-368

  3. Methods of Remote Sensing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 369-369
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    3. The Response of Synthetic Aperture Radar to Ocean Surface Waves

      • Klaus Hasselmann, Werner Alpers
      Pages 393-402

    4. On the Ability of Synthetic Aperture Radar to Measure Ocean Waves

      • J. F. Vesecky, R. H. Stewart, R. A. Shuchman, H. M. Assal, E. S. Kasischke, J. D. Lyden
      Pages 403-421

    5. Limitations of the SEASAT SAR in High Sea States

      • F. M. Monaldo, R. C. Beal
      Pages 423-442

    6. Microwave Scattering from Short Gravity Waves

      • Daniel S. W. Kwoh, Bruce M. Lake
      Pages 443-447

    7. Remote Sensing of Directional Wave Spectra Using the Surface Contour Radar

      • E. J. Walsh, D. W. Hancock III, D. E. Hines, J. E. Kenney
      Pages 449-464

  4. Sea Surface Measurements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 477-477
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    2. Southern Ocean Waves and Winds Derived from SEASAT Altimeter Measurements

      • Nelly M. Mognard, William J. Campbell, Robert E. Cheney, James G. Marsh, Duncan Ross
      Pages 479-489
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About this book

In 1960, Dr. George Deacon ofthe National Institute ofOceanography in England organized a meeting in Easton, Maryland that summarized the state of our understanding at that time of ocean wave statistics and dynamics. It was a pivotal occasion: spectral techniques for wave measurement were beginning to be used, wave-wave interactions hadjust been discovered, and simple models for the growth of waves by wind were being developed. The meeting laid the foundation for much work that was to follow, but one could hardly have imagined the extent to which new techniques of measurement, particularly by remote sensing, new methods of calculation and computation, and new theoretical and laboratory results would, in the following twenty years, build on this base. When Gaspar Valenzuela of the V. S. Naval Research Laboratory perceived that the time was right for a second such meeting, it was natural that Sir George Deacon would be invited to serve as honorary chairman for the meeting, and the entire waves community was delighted at his acceptance. The present volume contains reviewed and edited papers given at this second meeting, held this time in Miami, Florida, May 13-20, 1981, with the generous support of the Office of Naval Research, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

    O. M. Phillips

  • Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

    Klaus Hasselmann

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Wave Dynamics and Radio Probing of the Ocean Surface

  • Editors: O. M. Phillips, Klaus Hasselmann

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8980-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-8982-8Published: 23 May 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-8980-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 704

  • Number of Illustrations: 59 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control

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