Soloviev A., Lukas R. The Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean. Structure, Dynamics and Applications

Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, vol. 31. Springer, Berlin, New York, 2006, 585 pp. - ISBN: 1-4020-4052-0
Until the 1980s, a tacit agreement among many physical oceanographers was that nothing deserving attention could be found in the upper few meters of the ocean. The lack of adequete knowledge about the near-surface layer of the ocean was mainly due to the fact that the widely used oceanographic instruments (such as bathythermographs, CTDs, current meters, etc.) were practically useless in the upper few meters of the ocean. Interest in the nearsurface layer of the ocean rapidly increased along with the development of remote sensing techniques. The interpretation of ocean surface signals sensed from satellites demanded thorough knowledge of upper ocean processes and their connection to the ocean interior.Acknowledgements.Sea surface microlayer.
Near-surface turbulence.
Fine structure and microstructure.
Spatially-varying and coherent structures.
High wind speed regime.
Applications.
Mathematical notations.Subject index.