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List price: 104,50 Euro
Extent: 496 pages, including 12-page colour section
ISBN: 3-54042-969-7
Published: May 2002
NEW BOOK - Polar Seas Oceanography: An integrated case study of the Kara
Sea
Vladimir A. Volkov, Ola M. Johannessen, Victor E. Borodachev, Gennadiy
N. Voinov, Lasse H. Pettersson, Leonid P. Bobylev and Alexei V. Kouraev
The Kara Sea of the Russian Arctic, with its unique oceanographic
regime, is a site of major scientific and commercial importance. Global
climate change, transport and spread of radionuclides and other
pollutants, and the exploration and exploitation of its rich natural
resources are all important issues.
Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive study of this Polar sea,
based on in situ data, satellite remote sensing and numerical sea
modelling. It includes the results of much previously-unpublished
research carried out over the past decade, and an analysis of the
results of many studies carried out during the last century.The book
describes the oceanographic regime, including river discharge, study of
water dynamics, the transport of pollutants and results of numerical
model simulations. One issue specifically addressed is the shrinking of
the sea ice because, as a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, the Kara Sea
is expected to provide an early warning of the enhanced high latitude
impact of global climate change processes.
List price: 104,50 Euro
Extent: 496 pages, including 12-page colour section
ISBN: 3-54042-969-7
Published: May 2002
Praxis Publishing, Ltd web site:
http://www.praxis-publishing.co.uk/series.htm