Oceanic Whitecaps: And Their Role in Air-Sea Exchange Processes

E.C. Monahan (Curatore)

Gearóid Mac Niocaill (Curatore)

Springer, 2013

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.

• Curatore: E.C. Monahan, Gearóid Mac Niocaill
• Editore: Springer
• Collana: Oceanographic Sciences Library
• Anno: 2013
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 294 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9789401085755

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