Sessional Papers

Sessional Papers
Author: British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1524
Release: 1910
Genre: Administrative agencies
ISBN:

Tsunami and its Hazards in the Indian and Pacific Oceans

Tsunami and its Hazards in the Indian and Pacific Oceans
Author: Kenji Satake
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2007-12-11
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 376438364X

This volume features contributions from the first Meeting of the Tsunami Commission after the big 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean. It presents consolidated findings based on hydrophone records, seismometer readings, and tide gauges. In addition, the volume provides reports of post-tsunami surveys and numerical simulations for tsunamis such as the 2004 Indian Ocean event. It also details tsunami dangers and early warning systems.

Ocean Circulation and Climate

Ocean Circulation and Climate
Author:
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 737
Release: 2001-03-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0080491979

The book represents all the knowledge we currently have on ocean circulation. It presents an up-to-date summary of the state of the science relating to the role of the oceans in the physical climate system.The book is structured to guide the reader through the wide range of World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) science in a consistent way. Cross-references between contributors have been added, and the book has a comprehensive index and unified reference list.The book is simple to read, at the undergraduate level. It was written by the best scientists in the world who have collaborated to carry out years of experiments to better understand ocean circulation.