The North Sea project: an overview and the way forward
Simpson, J.H. (1993). The North Sea project: an overview and the way forward, in: Charnock, H. et al. Understanding the North Sea system: discussion held on 4 and 5 November 1992. pp. 207-218. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1236-9_16
In: Charnock, H. et al. (1993). Understanding the North Sea system: discussion held on 4 and 5 November 1992. Royal Society of London: London. ISBN 978-0-412-55480-3; e-ISBN 978-94-011-1236-9. XV, 222 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1236-9, more
|
| Keyword |
|
| Author keywords |
water quality model; vertical exchange; suspended particulate material; seston concentration; interdisciplinary modelling |
| Abstract |
It will, I suspect, be some considerable time before we can see the impact of the North Sea Project in full perspective. It has brought radical changes, not only to our way of doing science, but also to the motivation and philosophy that underlies it. The stimulus for these changes has come, in part, from the recognition of the increasing environmental threat to the North Sea and the requirement for its proper future management. As the fearful imperatives of wartime give an impetus to science, so the looming environmental problems of our shelf seas have prompted more coherent action and given us a keener sense of purpose. There seems little doubt that we needed a spur of this kind and that we have benefitted from it, not least in the freer flow of resources which it has brought. |
|
