Fundamentals of Estuarine Physical Oceanography

Luiz Bruner de Miranda, Fernando Pinheiro Andutta, Björn Kjerfve, Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

480 Seiten

2018 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-10-9772-0 (ISBN)

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This book provides an introduction to the complex system functions, variability and human interference in ecosystem between the continent and the ocean. It focuses on circulation, transport and mixing of estuarine and coastal water masses, which is ultimately related to an understanding of the hydrographic and hydrodynamic characteristics (salinity, temperature, density and circulation), mixing processes (advection and diffusion), transport timescales such as the residence time and the exposure time.
In the area of physical oceanography, experiments using these water bodies as a natural laboratory and interpreting their circulation and mixing processes using theoretical and semi-theoretical knowledge are of fundamental importance. Small-scale physical models may also be used together with analytical and numerical models. The book highlights the fact that research and theory are interactive, and the results provide the fundamentals for the development of the estuarine research.

Fernando Pinheiro Andutta is Research Fellow at the Griffith Climate Change Response Program GCCRP at Griffith University, Southport, Australia Björn Kjerfve is Chancellor of the American University of Sharjah, UAE Luiz Bruner de Miranda is an emeritus professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil And Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho is a professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil

Introduction to estuarine studies.- Circulation and mixing in estuaries.- Estuarine classification.- Physical properties and estuarine experiments.- Reduction and analisis of experimental data: flux and transport of properties.- Mixing processes in estuaries: Simplified methods.- hydrodynamic formulation: Conservation equations of mass, salt and applications.- Hydrodynamic formulation: equations of motion and applications.- Circulation and mixing in steady-state models: Salt wedge type.- Circulation and mixing in steady-state models: Well-mixed estuary.- Circulation and mixing in steady-state models: Partially mixed estuaries.- Numerical hydrodynamic modelling.

Erscheinungsdatum	18.08.2018
Reihe/Serie	Ocean Engineering & Oceanography ; 8
Zusatzinfo	17 Illustrations, color; 121 Illustrations, black and white; XXXII, 480 p. 138 illus., 17 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Original-Titel	Princípios de Oceanografia Física de Estuários (2nd edition)
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik
	Technik ► Bauwesen
Schlagworte	Coastal River Discharge • Estaurine Mixing • Estuaries • Estuarine Circulation • Estuarine Salinity • Estuarine Temperature • Hydrodynamics • Thermohaline Properties • Tides • Transport Timescale
ISBN-10	981-10-9772-0 / 9811097720
ISBN-13	978-981-10-9772-0 / 9789811097720
Zustand	Neuware