Marine surface films: chemical characteristics, influence on air-sea interactions and remote sensing

✍ Scribed by Martin Gade, Heinrich Hühnerfuss, Gerald M. Korenowski

• Book ID: 127460974
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 6 MB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library
• City: Berlin
• ISBN: 3540332715

✦ Synopsis

Since the late 1960s, various groups have investigated the influence of marine surface films on mechanisms dominating energy and mass transfer across the ocean/atmosphere interface. However, a compendium summarizing the state-of-the-art research in this field is still missing. The book fills this gap and transfers the accumulated knowledge to the scientific community. After a brief historical chapter basic chemical insights are presented, followed by theoretical and experimental approaches carried out in laboratory facilities. Air-sea interaction experiments are then described and finally, remote sensing applications with sea slicks and crude oil spills are presented.