Changing Sea Levels Effects of Tides, Weather, and Climate

Flooding of coastal communities is one of the major causes of environmental disasters world-wide. This textbook explains how sea levels are affected by astronomical tides, weather effects, ocean circulation and climate trends. Based on courses taught by the author in the U.K. and the U.S., it is aimed at undergraduate students at all levels, with non-basic mathematics being confined to Appendices and a website http://publishing.cambridge.org/resources/0521532183/.Pugh, David is the author of 'Changing Sea Levels Effects of Tides, Weather, and Climate' with ISBN 9780521825320 and ISBN 0521825326.