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The Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean provides a comprehensive account of the structure and dynamics of this important component of the ocean. The book develops the relevant physics and thermodynamics in depth. Detailed treatment is given to the surface microlayer, upper-ocean turbulence, fine thermohaline structure, coherent structures, high wind-speed regime, and to practical applications. Results of major air-sea interaction experiments (including those obtained with the participation of the authors) are used in the analysis. .

Oceanography. --- Earth sciences. --- Geosciences --- Environmental sciences --- Physical sciences --- Oceanography, Physical --- Oceanology --- Physical oceanography --- Thalassography --- Earth sciences --- Marine sciences --- Ocean --- Climatology. --- Atmospheric Sciences. --- Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. --- Complex Systems. --- Classical and Continuum Physics. --- Atmospheric sciences. --- Remote sensing. --- Statistical physics. --- Dynamical systems. --- Continuum physics. --- Classical field theory --- Continuum physics --- Physics --- Continuum mechanics --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mathematics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Mechanics --- Statics --- Mathematical statistics --- Remote-sensing imagery --- Remote sensing systems --- Remote terrain sensing --- Sensing, Remote --- Terrain sensing, Remote --- Aerial photogrammetry --- Aerospace telemetry --- Detectors --- Space optics --- Climate --- Climate science --- Climate sciences --- Science of climate --- Atmospheric science --- Atmospheric sciences --- Atmosphere --- Statistical methods

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Ocean-atmosphere interaction --- Hydrodynamics --- Chemical oceanography --- Ocean waves --- Ocean temperature

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The rationale for publishing a second edition of this monograph is that this area of research continues to show remarkable advancement. The new generation of synthetic aperture radar satellites provided unprecedented spatial resolution of the sea surface features. In addition, satellites to measure sea surface salinity have been launched. Computational fluid dynamic models open new opportunities in understanding the processes in the near-surface layer of the ocean and their visibility from space. Passive acoustic methods for monitoring short surface waves have significantly progressed. Estimation of the errors in satellite measurements of long-term global sea surface temperature trends due to processes in the near-surface layer of the ocean has become important for climate research. Due to growing applications of the results, it is anticipated that more students are going to be trained in this area of research. Therefore this second edition of the monograph is closer to a textbook format.

Mathematics --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydrosphere --- Meteorology. Climatology --- Geology. Earth sciences --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Geography --- akoestiek --- radars --- vloeistofstroming --- aerodynamica --- milieukunde --- wiskunde --- geografie --- oceanografie --- atmosfeer

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