Clifford J. Hearn

The Dynamics of Coastal Models

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Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1040g
• ISBN-13: 9780521807401
• ISBN-10: 0521807409
• Artikelnr.: 23255891

Autorenporträt

Clifford Hearn is Director of the Tampa Bay Modeling Program for the United State Geological Survey.

Inhaltsangabe

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.