| Description |
x, 303 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Sea-Level Change in the Pacific / P. D. Nunn -- 2. Effects of Sea-Level Rise on the Hydrodynamics of a Coral Reef Lagoon: Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii / C. J. Hearn and M. J. Atkinson -- 3. Possible Impacts of Predicted Sea-Level Rise on South Pacific Mangroves / J. Ellison -- 4. Monitoring Sea Level: Who's monitoring the Land? / S. M. Turner and G. M. Homes -- 5. Relative Sea-Level Change and Geologic Corrections to South Australian Tide Gauge Records / E. J. Barnett and N. Harvey -- 6. Low Frequency Sea Level Variability in the Western Tropical Pacific 1992-1998 / J.-M. Verstraete -- 7. An Analysis of Variance in Pacific Tide Gauge Data / J. L. Luick -- 8. Hindcast Modelling of Recent Tsunamis in the Australian Region / W. M. Mitchell, J. B. Chittleborough and B. J. Noye -- 9. Adaptation Policies-Addressing Climate Change Impacts in the Pacific Region / C. Kaluwin |
| Summary |
One of the outcomes of the international Ocean and Atmosphere Pacific International Conference held in Adelaide, South Australia on 23-27 October 1995 ... The first book to result from this NTF initiative, was published [in 1999] with the title "Modelling coastal sea processes". The present book ... is the second in this series |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Issuing Body |
"Conference was organised by the National Tidal Facility (NTF) of the Flinders University of South Australia, as part of the South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project, funded by AusAID."--Pref |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project.
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Climatology -- Oceania -- Congresses.
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Oceanography -- Oceania -- Congresses.
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Sea level -- Congresses.
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Sea level -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses.
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Sea level -- Environmental aspects -- Pacific Ocean -- Congresses.
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Sea level -- Pacific Ocean -- Congresses.
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Tides -- Oceania -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Grzechnik, Marcus.
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Noye, John, 1930-
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National Tidal Facility (Australia)
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Ocean and Atmosphere Pacific (Conference) (1995 : Adelaide, S.A.)
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| LC no. |
2001269147 |
| ISBN |
9810236182 |
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