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Introduction to Estuarine Hydrodynamics
About this book
This textbook provides an in-depth overview of the hydrodynamics of estuaries and semi-enclosed bodies of water. It begins by describing the typical classification of estuaries, followed by a presentation of the quantitative tools needed to study these basins: conservation of mass, salt, heat, momentum, and the thermodynamic equation of seawater. Further topics explore tides in homogeneous basins, including shallow water tides and tidal residual flows, wind-driven flows in homogeneous basins, density-driven flows, as well as interactions among tides, winds and density gradients. The book proposes a classification of semi-enclosed basins that is based on dominant dynamics, comparing forcing agents and restorative or balancing forces. Introduction to Estuarine Hydrodynamics provides an introduction for advanced students and researchers across a range of disciplines - Earth science, environmental science, biology, chemistry, geology, hydrology, physics - related to the study of estuarine systems.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction and Classification
- 2 Conservation Equations
- 3 Tides in Semienclosed Basins
- 4 Shallow-Water Tides
- 5 Tidal Residual Flows in Homogeneous, Semienclosed Basins
- 6 Wind-Driven Flows in Homogeneous, Semienclosed Basins
- 7 Flows Driven by Density Gradients
- 8 Interactions among Tides, Density Gradients, and Wind
- 9 Fronts
- 10 Time Scales in Semienclosed Basins
- 11 Semienclosed Basins with Low or No Discharge
- 12 Classification of Semienclosed Basins, Based on Dynamics
- Index