Introduction to Estuarine Hydrodynamics

ISBN-13: 9781108838252 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 250 str.

Valle-Levinson Arnoldo Valle-Levinson

Opis

An essential introduction to the study of estuaries, highlighting their immense spatial and temporal variability.

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction and classification; 2. Conservation equations; 3. Tides in semienclosed basins; 4. Shallow water tides; 5. Tidal residual flows in homogeneous, semienclosed basins; 6. Wind-driven flows in homogeneous, semienclosed basins; 7. Flows driven by density gradients; 8. Interactions among tides, density radients and wind; 9. Fronts; 10. Time scales in semienclosed basins; 11. Semienclosed basins with low or no discharge; 12. Classification of semienclosed basins, based on dynamics. Index.