David PrandleCambridge University Press, 1/22/2009EAN 9780521888868, ISBN10: 0521888867Hardcover, 248 pages, 25.4 x 17.9 x 1.7 cmLanguage: EnglishThis volume provides researchers, students, practising engineers and managers access to knowledge, practical formulae and new hypotheses for the dynamics, mixing, sediment regimes and morphological evolution in estuaries. The objectives are to explain the underlying governing processes and synthesise these into descriptive formulae which can be used to guide the future development of any estuary. Each chapter focuses on different physical aspects of the estuarine system - identifying key research questions, outlining theoretical, modeling and observational approaches, and highlighting the essential quantitative results. This allows readers to compare and interpret different estuaries around the world, and develop monitoring and modeling strategies for short-term management issues and for longer-term problems, such as global climate change. The book is written for researchers and students in physical oceanography and estuarine engineering, and serves as a valuable reference and source of ideas for professional research, engineering and management communities concerned with estuaries.1. Introduction2. Tidal dynamics3. Currents4. Saline intrusion5. Sediment regimes6. Synchronous estuariesdynamics, saline intrusion and bathymetry7. Synchronous estuariessediment trapping and sorting, stable morphology8. Strategies for global climate changeBibliographyIndex.
