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This volume describes and evaluates the major current research developments in the ocean sciences.

Table of Contents

Preface
Oceanography Today
Technology Today
Unsolved Problems, Unanswered Questions
Social Issues
Chronology of Recent Investigations
Biographical Sketches
Documents, Speeches, Testimony, and Reports
Career Information
Statistics on Education, Budget, and Resources
Organizations and Associations
Print and Electronic Resources
Glossary
Index

About the Author

C. REID NICHOLS is President of Marine Information Resources Corporation (MIRC), and Executive Director for the Bay Bus Partnership Project.

DAVID LARSEN PORTER is a Principal Senior Staff Oceanographer for the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory's Ocean Remote Sensing Group and Senior Physical Oceanographer for MIRC./e Porter has an extensive background in physics, mathematics, fluid dynamics, and physical oceanography. He has published extensively in his field and teaches graduate courses in oceanography.

ROBERT G. WILLIAMS is Senior Physical Oceanographer at MIRC./e His experience ranges from research in acoustical oceanography for the U.S. Navy to applied oceanography for NOAA. He has worked extensively in oceanographic instrumentation, the design of field experiments, remote sensing, and environmental characterization. He is an instructor in physics, astronomy, and meteorology at Craven Community College, New Bern, N.C., and is on the research committee of the Neuse River Foundation.

Reviews

?Porter and Nichols and Williams provide an eclectic tour of modern oceanography....Useful for ocean science libraries; its handy summary information about other research is more readily accessible than Web browsing for the same information. Recommended. Graduate students through professionals.?-Choice

?Recent Advances and Issues in Oceanography is a survey of the field and a fascinating field it is....This book would be a valuable addition to high school andpublic libraries as well as those college and university libraries that support a marine science or related programs.?-E-Streams

?This book describes and evaluates the major current research developments in ocean sciences. Topics include advances in measuring ocean phenomena from space, in situ instruments, and the development of fully integrated observation systems that allow investigators to take environmental "snapshots" of areas that must be monitored in order to protect property and save lives.?-Abstracts of Public Administration, Development and Environment

?This book would be a valuable addition to high school and public libraries as well as those college and university libraries that support marine science or related programs.?-Robert F. Skinder, Science Reference Librarian, University of South Carolina-Columbia Thomas Cooper Library.

"Porter and Nichols and Williams provide an eclectic tour of modern oceanography....Useful for ocean science libraries; its handy summary information about other research is more readily accessible than Web browsing for the same information. Recommended. Graduate students through professionals."-Choice

"Recent Advances and Issues in Oceanography is a survey of the field and a fascinating field it is....This book would be a valuable addition to high school andpublic libraries as well as those college and university libraries that support a marine science or related programs."-E-Streams

"This book would be a valuable addition to high school and public libraries as well as those college and university libraries that support marine science or related programs."-Robert F. Skinder, Science Reference Librarian, University of South Carolina-Columbia Thomas Cooper Library.

"This book describes and evaluates the major current research developments in ocean sciences. Topics include advances in measuring ocean phenomena from space, in situ instruments, and the development of fully integrated observation systems that allow investigators to take environmental "snapshots" of areas that must be monitored in order to protect property and save lives."-Abstracts of Public Administration, Development and Environment