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The Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean
Alexander SolovievRoger Lukas
其他書名
Structure, Dynamics and Applications
出版Springer Science & Business Media, 2006-02-21
主題Science / Earth Sciences / OceanographyScience / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & ClimatologyScience / Earth Sciences / GeographyScience / System TheoryScience / Mechanics / GeneralScience / Earth Sciences / GeneralTechnology & Engineering / Remote Sensing & Geographic Information SystemsLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General
ISBN14020405399781402040535
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4p6gNsSs-vIC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Until the 1980s, a tacit agreement among many physical oceanographers was that nothing deserving attention could be found in the upper few meters of the ocean. The lack of adequete knowledge about the near-surface layer of the ocean was mainly due to the fact that the widely used oceanographic instruments (such as bathythermographs, CTDs, current meters, etc.) were practically useless in the upper few meters of the ocean. Interest in the ne- surface layer of the ocean rapidly increased along with the development of remote sensing techniques. The interpretation of ocean surface signals sensed from satellites demanded thorough knowledge of upper ocean processes and their connection to the ocean interior. Despite its accessibility to the investigator, the near-surface layer of the ocean is not a simple subject of experimental study. Random, sometimes huge, vertical motions of the ocean surface due to surface waves are a serious complication for collecting quality data close to the ocean surface. The supposedly minor problem of avoiding disturbances from ships’ wakes has frustrated several generations of oceanographers attempting to take reliable data from the upper few meters of the ocean. Important practical applications nevertheless demanded action, and as a result several pioneering works in the 1970s and 1980s laid the foundation for the new subject of oceanography – the near-surface layer of the ocean.