Sea-Level Science: Understanding Tides, Surges, Tsunamis and Mean Sea-Level Changes

by David Pugh and Philip Woodworth

Book Overview

Understanding sea-level processes, such as ocean tides, storm surges, tsunamis, El Ni o and rises caused by climate change, is key to planning effective coastal defence. Building on David Pugh's classic book Tides, Surges and Mean Sea-Level, this substantially expanded, full-colour book now incorporates major recent technological advances in the areas of satellite altimetry and other geodetic techniques (particularly GPS), tsunami science, measurement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107028191
• ISBN13: 9781107028197
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 407 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.6" x 10.0"