Changing Sea Levels: Effects of Tides, Weather and Climate (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521532181)

Flooding of coastal communities is one of the major causes of environmental disasters world-wide. This textbook explains how sea levels are affected by astronomical tides, weather effects, ocean circulation and climate trends. Based on courses taught by the author in the U.K. and the U.S., it is aimed at undergraduate students at all levels, with non-basic mathematics being confined to Appendices and a website http: //publishing.cambridge.org/resources/0521532183/

Author: David Pugh
ISBN-10: 0521532183
ISBN-13: 9780521532181
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2004
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.71w x 0.62d