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Understanding sea-level processes, such as ocean tides, storm surges, tsunamis, El Niño and rises caused by climate change, is key to planning effective coastal defence. Building on David Pugh's classic book Tides, Surges and Mean Sea-Level, this substantially expanded, full-colour book now incorporates major recent technological advances in the areas of satellite altimetry and other geodetic techniques (particularly GPS), tsunami science, measurement of mean sea level and analyses of extreme sea levels. The authors discuss how each surveying and measuring technique complements others in providing an understanding of present-day sea-level change and more reliable forecasts of future changes. Giving the how and the why of sea-level change on timescales from hours to centuries, this authoritative and exciting book is ideal for graduate students and researchers in oceanography, marine engineering, geodesy, marine geology, marine biology and climatology. It will also be of key interest to coastal engineers and governmental policy-makers.Provides a thorough, full-colour introduction to the physics of tides key to many geoscience fields and an overview of our knowledge on storm surges, tsunamis and mean sea-level changes, important topics in coastal floodingExplains the use of both older technologies (such as tide gauges) and newer ones (such as GPS, altimetry, space gravity), enabling practical measurement of sea-level changes and analysis of data setsPresents the background for techniques used by coastal engineers to determine adequate levels of flood protection, providing insights for governmental decision-making on coastal areas