Marine environmental conditions such as storms, storm surges and wave heigths are directly experienced by, for example, off-shore operations or coastal populations. The authors review and bring together the state-of-the-art and present day knowledge about historical changes, recent trends and concepts on how marine environmental conditions may change in the future. Consequences and implications for future off-shore operations and coastal defence are covered.

Marine climate change has an impact on storms, storm surges, and wave heights. These changes, in turn, have a dramatic effect on off-shore operations and coastal populations. This book brings together and reviews the history, recent trends, and theories on how climate change will affect the marine environment. Readers get a comprehensive description of the methods and concepts upon which modern climate change reconstructions and plausible future scenarios are built. The authors show how storms, storm surges, ocean waves, and climate change fit within a common framework. Consequences and implications for future off-shore operations and coastal defense are covered in detail.

Provides a comprehensive description of methods and concepts on which modern climate change reconstructions and plausible future scenarios are built upon Focuses on changes in the marine environment Storms, storm surges ocean waves and climate change are addressed in a comprehensive manner and put into a common framework

Autorentext
Prof. Dr. Hans von Storch ist Direktor des Instituts für Küstenforschung, GKSS, Geesthacht und lehrt am Institut für Meteorologie der Universität Hamburg.

Inhalt
Climate and climate variability.- Marine weather phenomena.- Models for the marine environment.- How to determine long-term changes in marine climate.- Past and future changes in wind, wave, and storm surge climates.