Undersea with GIS

Undersea with GIS

Author: Dawn J. Wright

Publisher: ESRI, Inc.

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9781589480162

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Companion CD-ROM includes 3-D underwater flythroughs, ArcView GIS extentions for marine applications, a K-12 lesson plan, and other supplemental materials.


Ocean Solutions, Earth Solutions

Ocean Solutions, Earth Solutions

Author: Dawn J. Wright

Publisher: ESRI Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 507

ISBN-13: 9781589484603

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This book showcases the latest and best oceanography research using spatial analyses and geographic information systems. This is the leading, most up-to-date book on the subject.


Arc Marine

Arc Marine

Author: Dawn J. Wright

Publisher: ESRI, Inc.

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1589480171

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This book is a must for the marine community - including oceanographers, resource managers, geographers, nautical archaeologists, climate change specialists, and other students of the deep - coming at a time when the health of our oceans is seen as crucial to our very existence. As a teaching tool, Arc Marine: GIS for a Blue Planet serves as a perfect starting point for the intermediate student or as a resource for the expert in marine GIS. Marine researchers have developed a data model that supports seafloor mapping, fisheries management, marine mammal tracking, monitoring of shoreline change, and water temperature analysis. The ability to measure change in oceans and along coasts has increased as marine GIS has grown more complex. Arc Marine: GIS for a Blue Planet presents the initial results of a successful effort to create and define a data model for the marine community - that group of academic, government, military, and private oceanographers, resource managers, conservationists, geographers, nautical archaeologists, and others who support better management of complex spatial analysis in marine applications. The data model not only provides structure to storing and analyzing marine data but helps users create maps and three-dimensional scenes of the marine environment in ways invaluable to decision making as the marine community strives to understand, illuminate, chart, and explore the unknown depths.


Geographic Information Systems in Oceanography and Fisheries

Geographic Information Systems in Oceanography and Fisheries

Author: Vasilis D. Valavanis

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2002-05-23

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0203303180

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Over the last two decades there has been increasing recognition that problems in oceanography and fisheries sciences and related marine areas are nearly all manifest in the spatio-temporal domain. Geographical Information Systems (GIS), the natural framework for spatial data handling, are being recognized as powerful tools with useful applications


National Geographic Ocean

National Geographic Ocean

Author: Sylvia Earle

Publisher: National Geographic

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9781426221927

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"A summary by famed marine biologist Sylvia Earle of the latest insights about the present state of the ocean and a look at how its future and that of humankind are inextricably bound"--


The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

Author: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-04-30

Total Pages: 755

ISBN-13: 9781009157971

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the observed and projected changes to the ocean and cryosphere and their associated impacts and risks, with a focus on resilience, risk management response options, and adaptation measures, considering both their potential and limitations. It brings together knowledge on physical and biogeochemical changes, the interplay with ecosystem changes, and the implications for human communities. It serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders, and all interested parties with unbiased, up-to-date, policy-relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.


Undersea Vehicles and National Needs

Undersea Vehicles and National Needs

Author: Committee on Undersea Vehicles and National Needs

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1996-12-03

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0309588723

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The United States faces decisions requiring information about the oceans in vastly expanded scales of time and space and from oceanic sectors not accessible with the suite of tools now used by scientists and engineers. Advances in guidance and control, communications, sensors, and other technologies for undersea vehicles can provide an opportunity to understand the oceans' influence on the energy and chemical balance that sustains humankind and to manage and deliver resources from and beneath the sea. This book assesses the state of undersea vehicle technology and opportunities for vehicle applications in science and industry. It provides guidance about vehicle subsystem development priorities and describes how national research can be focused most effectively.


The Discovery of the Titanic

The Discovery of the Titanic

Author: Robert D. Ballard

Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Warner Books

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780446513852

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Highlights the first-hand account of the exploration of the Titanic shipwreck


Oceanography and Mine Warfare

Oceanography and Mine Warfare

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2000-03-07

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 0309172225

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Environmental information is important for successful planning and execution of naval operations. A thorough understanding of environmental variability greatly increases the likelihood of mission success. To ensure that naval forces have the most up-to-date capabilities, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has an extensive environmental research program. This research, to be of greatest use to the warfighter, needs to be directed towards assisting and solving battlefield problems. To increase research community understanding of the operational demands placed on naval operators and to facilitate discussion between these two groups, the National Research Council's (NRC) Ocean Studies Board (OSB), working with ONR and the Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy, convened five previous symposia on tactical oceanography. Oceanography and Mine Warfare examines the following issues: (1) how environmental data are used in current mine warfare doctrine, (2) current procedures for in situ collection of data, (3) the present capabilities of the Navy's oceanographic community to provide supporting information for mine warfare operations, and (4) the ability of oceanographic research and technology developments to enhance current mine warfare capabilities. This report primarily concentrates on the importance of oceanographic data for mine countermeasures.


Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing and Mapping for the Development and Management of Marine Aquaculture

Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing and Mapping for the Development and Management of Marine Aquaculture

Author: James M. Kapetsky

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9789251056462

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The objective of this document is to illustrate the ways in which Geographical Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing and mapping can play a role in the development and management of marine aquaculture. The perspective is global. The approach is to employ example applications that have been aimed at resolving many of the important issues in marine aquaculture. The underlying purpose is to stimulate the interest of individuals in the government, industry and educational sectors of marine aquaculture to make more effective use of these tools. A brief introduction to spatial tools and their use in the marine fisheries sector precedes the example applications. The most recent applications have been selected to be indicative of the state of the art, allowing readers to make their own assessments of the benefits and limitations of use of these tools in their own disciplines. Also published in Chinese and Spanish.