The science of ocean waves :: ripples, tsunamis, and stormy seas /
A scientist takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the world of waves - from the "ordinary" waves that constantly churn the sea to the rogues or freaks that can rise up seemingly from nowhere to heights of 20 meters or more, and everything in between. Addressing questions most ocean visitors...
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| Zusammenfassung: | A scientist takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the world of waves - from the "ordinary" waves that constantly churn the sea to the rogues or freaks that can rise up seemingly from nowhere to heights of 20 meters or more, and everything in between. Addressing questions most ocean visitors have had and offering new questions for further consideration, this book explains in accessible language how waves are formed, how they move, how they become huge and destructive, and how they're being studied now for clues that will help us plan for the future. Devoting chapters to wind, tides, currents, breakers, tsunamis, forecasting, renewable energy, and El Niño - as well as discussing the gentler properties of ocean waves which inspire us and offer opportunities for relaxation and recreation - the author explores the physical factors that create waves. Drawing on some of the storms that have devastated entire regions - such as Hurricane Katrina, the tsunami launched by the 2004 Sumatran earthquake, and the great tsunami that crushed the shore of Japan in 2011 - the author explains the forces that cause these monster waves and reveals the toll they take on human lives. -- Publisher's description. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes index. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xii, 248 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| ISBN: | 9781421410791 1421410796 |
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| spelling | Zirker, Jack B., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79140243 The science of ocean waves : ripples, tsunamis, and stormy seas / J.B. Zirker. Baltimore, Maryland : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 1 online resource (xii, 248 pages) : illustrations, maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes index. Print version record. A walk along the beach -- What exactly is a wave? -- How the wind generates ocean waves -- A touch of reality : how big waves behave -- Observations at sea : the postwar boom -- Forecasting and monitoring storm waves -- Breaking waves -- Freaks and rogues -- Tsunamis -- Internal waves and El Niño -- The tides -- The currents -- Ship waves -- Renewable energy from waves and tides -- The future. A scientist takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the world of waves - from the "ordinary" waves that constantly churn the sea to the rogues or freaks that can rise up seemingly from nowhere to heights of 20 meters or more, and everything in between. Addressing questions most ocean visitors have had and offering new questions for further consideration, this book explains in accessible language how waves are formed, how they move, how they become huge and destructive, and how they're being studied now for clues that will help us plan for the future. Devoting chapters to wind, tides, currents, breakers, tsunamis, forecasting, renewable energy, and El Niño - as well as discussing the gentler properties of ocean waves which inspire us and offer opportunities for relaxation and recreation - the author explores the physical factors that create waves. Drawing on some of the storms that have devastated entire regions - such as Hurricane Katrina, the tsunami launched by the 2004 Sumatran earthquake, and the great tsunami that crushed the shore of Japan in 2011 - the author explains the forces that cause these monster waves and reveals the toll they take on human lives. -- Publisher's description. English. Ocean waves. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093908 Tsunamis. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138348 Water waves. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145669 Vagues. Tsunamis. tidal waves. aat SCIENCE Earth Sciences Geography. bisacsh SCIENCE Earth Sciences Geology. bisacsh Water waves fast Ocean waves fast Tsunamis fast has work: The science of ocean waves (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFBtbm9jrfGFG7Rrfcwq6X https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Zirker, Jack B. Science of ocean waves 9781421410784 (DLC) 2012051092 (OCoLC)828263480 |
| spellingShingle | Zirker, Jack B. The science of ocean waves : ripples, tsunamis, and stormy seas / A walk along the beach -- What exactly is a wave? -- How the wind generates ocean waves -- A touch of reality : how big waves behave -- Observations at sea : the postwar boom -- Forecasting and monitoring storm waves -- Breaking waves -- Freaks and rogues -- Tsunamis -- Internal waves and El Niño -- The tides -- The currents -- Ship waves -- Renewable energy from waves and tides -- The future. Ocean waves. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093908 Tsunamis. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138348 Water waves. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145669 Vagues. Tsunamis. tidal waves. aat SCIENCE Earth Sciences Geography. bisacsh SCIENCE Earth Sciences Geology. bisacsh Water waves fast Ocean waves fast Tsunamis fast |
| subject_GND | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093908 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138348 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145669 |
| title | The science of ocean waves : ripples, tsunamis, and stormy seas / |
| title_auth | The science of ocean waves : ripples, tsunamis, and stormy seas / |
| title_exact_search | The science of ocean waves : ripples, tsunamis, and stormy seas / |
| title_full | The science of ocean waves : ripples, tsunamis, and stormy seas / J.B. Zirker. |
| title_fullStr | The science of ocean waves : ripples, tsunamis, and stormy seas / J.B. Zirker. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The science of ocean waves : ripples, tsunamis, and stormy seas / J.B. Zirker. |
| title_short | The science of ocean waves : |
| title_sort | science of ocean waves ripples tsunamis and stormy seas |
| title_sub | ripples, tsunamis, and stormy seas / |
| topic | Ocean waves. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093908 Tsunamis. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138348 Water waves. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145669 Vagues. Tsunamis. tidal waves. aat SCIENCE Earth Sciences Geography. bisacsh SCIENCE Earth Sciences Geology. bisacsh Water waves fast Ocean waves fast Tsunamis fast |
| topic_facet | Ocean waves. Tsunamis. Water waves. Vagues. tidal waves. SCIENCE Earth Sciences Geography. SCIENCE Earth Sciences Geology. Water waves Ocean waves Tsunamis |
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