• ISBN13: 9783662658376
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Earth-Science/Environment
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Publisher Imprint: Springer
• Publication Date: January 1, 2022
• Pages: 443
• Original Price: EUR 299.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 812 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Environmental Science, Earth Sciences / Oceanography, and Chemistry / Analytic

From the Back Cover
Chapter "Lagrangian Methods for Visualizing and Assessing Frontal Dynamics of Floating Marine Litter with a Focus on Tidal Basins" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. tion and conservation, and maritime industries including fisheries, aquaculture, and mining.

Igor Belkin holds a PhD in Oceanography from the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, Russia. Since 1973, he has been studying oceanic fronts, currents, and eddies in all five oceans from 72°N to 78°S, having spent five years at sea in 16 expeditions, including a six-month drift on the ice island "North Pole-22" in the Arctic Ocean. He also studied the Great Salinity Anomalies in the North Atlantic and climate change in the Large Marine Ecosystems around the world. Since 1997, he has been associated with the Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, USA. Since 2019, he is Professor of Oceanography at the College of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China, where he continues his global survey of oceanic fronts and eddies.