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Waves / Fredric Raichlen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raichlen, Fredric.
- Series:
- MIT Press essential knowledge series.
- The MIT Press essential knowledge
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water waves.
- Ocean waves.
- Wave mechanics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A guide to ocean waves traces their evolution from wind-wave generation to coastal effects.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Waves
- What Is a Wave?
- How Waves Travel and Transform
- Chapter 2: The Wind
- Some Astronomical Considerations
- Generation of Wind
- Chapter 3: Tides
- Chapter 4: Waves and the Shore
- Waves on the Beach
- Long Waves in Bays and Harbors and Their Effect on Shipping
- Breakwaters
- Chapter 5: Extreme Waves
- Hurricanes (Typhoons, Cyclones)
- Tsunamis
- Afterword
- Appedix: Equations
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Suggested Reading
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-30496-1
- 1-283-70750-0
- 0-262-30588-7
- OCLC:
- 820818946
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