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We are now well aware of the influence of sunlight on patterns of activity in animals. These circadian rhythms, roughly matching day and night, are embedded in our genes, and their moleculars mechanisms are now increasingly understood. But what about the light of the Moon? From …
Throughout history, the influence of the full Moon on humans and animals has featured in folklore and myths. Yet it has become increasingly apparent that many organisms really are influenced indirectly, and in some cases directly, by the lunar cycle. Breeding behaviour among som…
Das Fachbuch vermittelt alle Grundlagen der Hydromechanik am Beispiel der Küstengewässer. Der Autor wendet sich dabei an alle Ingenieure, die sich mit Küstenströmungen im Ökosystem Wattenmeer, Klimafolgen, dem Meeresspiegelanstieg, dem Küstenschutz und Offshoreanlagen beschäftig…
Thoroughly updated to include the most recent and fascinating discoveries in oceanography, the Fifth Edition of this book takes great strides to be the most up-to-date and comprehensive resource available today. Its content continues to span the four major divisions of ocean sci…
Sir George Darwin (1845-1912), the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin, became Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge. This volume of his collected papers covers tidal friction and cosmogony.
This textbook is a self-contained introduction to tides that will be useful for courses on tides in oceans and coastal seas at an advanced undergraduate and postgraduate level, and will also serve as the go-to book for researchers and coastal engineers needing information about …
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgment; 1. Introductory concepts; 2. Tidal forcing; 3. Celestial motions; 4. Tidal constituents and the harmonic method; 5. Tidal wave propagation; 6. Tides in coastal seas and basins; 7. Internal tides. "This textbook is a self-containe…
"This textbook is a self-contained introduction to tides that will be useful for courses on tides in oceans and coastal seas at an advanced undergraduate and postgraduate level, and will also serve as the go-to book for researchers and coastal engineers needing information about…
This textbook is a self-contained introduction to tides that will be useful for courses on tides in oceans and coastal seas at an advanced undergraduate and postgraduate level, and will also serve as the go-to book for researchers and coastal engineers needing information about …
Tidal phenomena
by LINK (Online service), Wilhelm, Helmut, Zürn, Walter, Wenzel, Hans-Georg
fromLecture Notes in Earth Sciences
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Type: Book
This book presents many types of tidal phenomena. The contributions evolved from a seminar in Oberwolfach, Black Forest, where German experts on tidal research met in October 1994 to present their views and experience to interested graduate students and scientists in an informal…