Advances in Coastal Modeling (eBook)

V.C. Lakhan (Herausgeber)

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2003 | 1. Auflage
614 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-052664-5 (ISBN)

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This book unifies and enhances the accessibility of contemporary scholarly research on advances in coastal modeling. A comprehensive spectrum of innovative models addresses the wide diversity and multifaceted aspects of coastal research on the complex natural processes, dynamics, interactions and responses of the coastal supersystem and its associated subsystems.

The twenty-one chapters, contributed by internationally recognized coastal experts from fourteen countries, provide invaluable insights on the recent advances and present state-of-the-art knowledge on coastal models which are essential for not only illuminating the governing coastal process and various characteristics, but also for understanding and predicting the dynamics at work in the coastal system.

One of the unique strengths of the book is the impressive and encompassing presentation of current functional and operational coastal models for all those concerned with and interested in the modeling of seas, oceans and coasts. In addition to chapters modeling the dynamic natural processes of waves, currents, circulatory flows and sediment transport there are also chapters that focus on the modeling of beaches, shorelines, tidal basins and shore platforms.

The substantial scope of the book is further strengthened with chapters concentrating on the effects of coastal structures on nearshore flows, coastal water quality, coastal pollution, coastal ecological modeling, statistical data modeling, and coupling of coastal models with geographical information systems.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Contents 17
Preface 5
Acknowledgments 11
List of Contributors 13
Chapter 1. Boussinesq Models and Applications to Nearshore Wave Propagation, Surf Zone Processes and Wave-Induced Currents 19
Chapter 2. Frequency Domain Wave Models in the Nearshore and Surf Zones 61
Chapter 3. Advanced Numerical Methods for Coastal Hydrodynamics 91
Chapter 4. Numerical Models for Nearshore Currents 111
Chapter 5. Spectral Wave Models in Coastal Areas 151
Chapter 6. Probabilistic Models of Waves in the Coastal Zone 177
Chapter 7. Modeling the Effects of Permeable and Reflective Structures on Waves and Nearshore Flows 207
Chapter 8. Perspective on Evolution in Sediment Modeling 235
Chapter 9. Large-Scale Finite Element Modeling and Parallel Computation of Sediment Transport in Coastal Areas 255
Chapter 10. Nonlinear Wave Modeling and Sediment Transport in the Surf and Swash Zone 285
Chapter 11. Modeling the Morphological Response in a Coastal Zone for Different Temporal Scales 317
Chapter 12. Numerical Modeling of Beach Topography Change 355
Chapter 13. Morphodynamic Modeling of Tidal Basins and Coastal Inlets 385
Chapter 14. Modeling Shore Platforms: Present Status and Future Developments 411
Chapter 15. Merging Scales in Models of Water Circulation: Perspectives from the Great Barrier Reef 429
Chapter 16. A Numerical Simulation of Japan/East Sea (JES) Thermohaline Structure and Circula- tion 449
Chapter 17. Analytical Modeling of Pollution Flushing in Well-Mixed Tidal Embayments 485
Chapter 18. Advances in Water Quality Modeling in the Coastal Environment 509
Chapter 19. Neural Network Applications in Coastal Ecological Modeling 523
Chapter 20. Space-Time Transfer Function Models of Beach and Shoreline Data for Medium-Term Shoreline Monitoring Programs 551
Chapter 21. Progress in Geographical Information Systems and Coastal Modeling: An Overview 571
Index 599

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.10.2003
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• ISBN-10: 0-08-052664-0 / 0080526640
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-052664-5 / 9780080526645