Marine Forecasting (eBook)

J.C.J. Nihoul (Herausgeber)

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1979 | 1. Auflage
492 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-087062-5 (ISBN)

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Marine Forecasting

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Marine Forecasting: Predictability and Modelling in Ocean Hydrodynamics 4
Copyright Page 5
CONTENTS 14
FOREWORD 6
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 8
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 10
Chapter 1. Review of the theories of wind-mixed layer deepening 16
Chapter 2. Large scale air-sea interactions and climate predictability 50
Chapter 3. Low frequency motions in the North Pacific and their possible generation by meteorological forces 72
Chapter 4. Wind-induced low-freauency oceanic variability 76
Chapter 5. A discussion of wave prediction in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean 86
Chapter 6. Wave height prediction in coastal water of Southern North Sea 106
Chapter 7. Correlation between wave slopes and near-surface ocean currents 116
Chapter 8. The tow-out of a large platform 128
Chapter 9. A hybrid parametrical surface wave model applied to North-Sea sea state prediction 142
Chapter 10. On the fraction of wind momentum retained by waves 156
Chapter 11. The NUSC windwave and turbulence observation program (WAVTOP) A status report
Chapter 12. A numerical model of longshore currents 198
Chapter 13. Time series modelling of storm surges on a medium-sized lake 212
Chapter 14. Wind induced water circulation of Lake Geneva 234
Chapter 15. Non-linear three-dimensional modelling of mesoscale circulation in seas and lakes 250
Chapter 16. Irregular-grid finite-difference techniaues for storm surge calculations for curving coastlines 276
Chapter 17. Recent storm surges in the Irish Sea 300
Chapter 18. Results of a 36-hour storm surge prediction of the North-Sea for 3 January 1976 on the basis of numerical models 336
Chapter 19. Extratropical storm surges in the Chesapeake Bay 338
Chapter 20. First results of a three-dimensional model on the dynamics in the German Bight 348
Chapter 21. Tidal and residual circulations in the English Channel 366
Chapter 22. Recent results from a storm surge prediction scheme for the North Sea 400
Chapter 23. Belgian real-time system for the forecasting of currents and elevations in the North Sea 426
Chapter 24. Cyclogenesis and forecast of dramatic water elevations in Venice 442
Chapter 25. The response of the coastal waters of N.W. Italy 454
Chapter 26. A numerical model for sediment transport 468
Chapter 27. Security of coastal nuclear power stations in relation with the state of the sea 480
SUBJECT INDEX 496

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.1979
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-087062-7 / 0080870627
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-087062-5 / 9780080870625