The Dynamics of Coastal Models

ISBN-13: 9780521807401 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 512 str.

Clifford J Hearn

Opis

Textbook for graduate students and an introduction for researchers to coastal basins through simple hydrodynamics.

Spis treści

Preface; Nomenclature; 1. Prelude to modeling coastal basins; 2. Currents and continuity; 3. Box and one-dimensional models; 4. Basic hydrodynamics; 5. Simple hydrodynamic models; 6. Modeling tides and long waves in coastal models; 7. Mixing in coastal basins; 8. Advection of momentum; 9. Aspects of stratification; 10. Dynamics of partially mixed basins; 11. Roughness in coastal basins; 12. Wave and sediment dynamics; Bibliography; Index.