The Sea Surface and Global Change

by Peter S. Liss, Robert A. Duce

Overview

The sea-surface microlayer has often been defined as the top 1 to 1000 micrometers of the ocean surface. A considerable amount of new research over the past ten years has led to increased understanding of this vitally important interface between the ocean and the atmosphere, and how it may interact with global change processes. This book offers the first comprehensive review of the surface microlayer in a decade. The authors address the potential global marine impacts at the air-sea interface due to large-scale atmospheric ozone depletion and industrial pollution. Environmental scientists and oceanographers at a graduate or research level who are interested in global change will welcome this authoritative reference work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521017459
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/07/2005
Pages:	536
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; List of contributors; 1. Report group 1: Physical processes in the microlayer and the air-sea exchange of trace gases P. S. Liss, A. J. Watson, E. J. Bock, B. Jaehne, W. E. Asher, N. M. Frew, L. Hasse, G. M. Korenowski, L. Merlivat, L. F. Phillips, P. Schluessel, D. K. Woolf; 2. Report group 2: Biological effects of chemical and radiative change in the sea surface J. T. Hardy, K. A. Hunter, D. Calmet, J. J. Cleary, R. A. Duce, T. L. Forbes, M. L. Gladyshev, G. Harding, J. M. Shenker, P. Tratynek, Y. Zaitsev; 3. Report group 3: Photochemistry in the sea-surface microlayer J. M. C. Plane, N. V. Blough, M. G. Ehrhardt, K. Waters, R. G. Zepp, R. G. Zika; 4. Transport processes in the sea-surface microlayer L. Hasse; 5. The role of organic films in air-sea gas exchange N. M. Frew; 6. Bubbles and their role in gas exchange D. K. Woolf; 7. The physical chemistry of air-sea gas exchange L. F. Phillips; 8. The sea-surface microlayer and its effect on global air-water gas transfer W. Asher; 9. Chemistry of the sea-surface microlayer K. A. Hunter; 10. Biophysics of the surface film of aquatic ecosystems M. L. Gladyshev; 11. Biological effects of chemicals in the sea-surface microlayer J. T. Hardy; 12. Neuston of seas and oceans Y. Zaitsev; 13. Photochemistry in the sea-surface microlayer N. V. Blough; 14. Hydrocarbon breakdown in the sea-surface microlayer M. G. Ehrhardt; 15. Applications of laser technology and laser spectroscopy in studies of the ocean microlayer G. M. Korenowski; 16. Remote sensing of the sea-surface microlayer I. Robinson; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"The authors and editors have done an admirable job of fusing together many disparate aspects into a coherent whole...It is an excellent and lively book that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. It provides the foundation for future work. That much is yet to be learned, and what the main issues are, is also well presented in this book. Any student or researcher concerned with the microlayer would benefit from the collection of reviews that this book represents." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

"This book is a definitive reference for the whole spectrum of surface microlayer processes and will broaden the insights of specialists." Rik Wanninkhof, Science

"...should be on the bookshelf of those seriously involved in global change research, especially those involved in bio-geochemical cycles." Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

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