TY - BOOK ID - 208378 TI - Physical oceanography of the dying Aral Sea PY - 2005 SN - 1280804807 9786610804801 3540272348 3540228918 3642061710 PB - Berlin : Chichester : Springer ; Praxis Pub., DB - UniCat KW - Earth sciences. KW - Geology. KW - Geophysics. KW - Oceanography. KW - Life sciences. KW - Aquatic ecology. KW - Ecotoxicology. KW - Earth Sciences. KW - Life Sciences, general. KW - Geophysics/Geodesy. KW - Freshwater & Marine Ecology. KW - Aral Sea (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) KW - Ecotoxicology KW - Pollutants KW - Pollution KW - Environmental health KW - Toxicology KW - Aquatic biology KW - Ecology KW - Biosciences KW - Sciences, Life KW - Science KW - Oceanography, Physical KW - Oceanology KW - Physical oceanography KW - Thalassography KW - Earth sciences KW - Marine sciences KW - Ocean KW - Geological physics KW - Terrestrial physics KW - Physics KW - Geognosy KW - Geoscience KW - Natural history KW - Geosciences KW - Environmental sciences KW - Physical sciences KW - Aral Sea (Uzbek S.S.R. and Kazakh S.S.R.) KW - Aral Sea (Uzbekistan and Kazakstan) KW - Aralʹskoe more (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) KW - Aralskoe Sea (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) KW - Lake Aral (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) KW - Environmental degradation KW - Oceanography KW - Degradation, Environmental KW - Destruction, Environmental KW - Deterioration, Environmental KW - Environmental destruction KW - Environmental deterioration KW - Natural disasters KW - Environmental quality KW - Physical geography. KW - Aquatic biology. KW - Environmental toxicology. KW - Hydrobiology KW - Water biology KW - Aquatic sciences KW - Biology KW - Geography KW - Aquatic ecology . KW - Aral Sea Region (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:208378 AB - Physical Oceanography of the Dying Aral Sea describes the background, present crisis state, and possible future of this peculiar inland water body from the physical oceanographic standpoint. Based on a wide range of material, a large part of which was published in Russian and has not been previously available to the international reader, the book first provides an historical overview of this unique system, which possesses both lake and sea properties. Next, the current physical state of the lake is described, partly based on original field research and model experiments, along with the remote sensing data, model results and analyses extracted from recent literature. Next, book attempts to forecast the forthcoming state of the Aral Sea and identify plausible future scenarios. Finally, the book discusses the Aral Sea dessication viewd as a part of the global perspective. ER -