| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 231 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Author -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Physics and Modelling at Different Scales -- 1.1.1 Microscale -- 1.1.2 Submesoscale -- 1.1.3 Mesoscale -- 1.1.4 Macroscale -- 1.2 Coastal Science and Coastal Management -- 1.3 How This Book Is Organised -- 2 Fundamental Physics -- 2.1 Threshold of Motion -- 2.2 Sediment Transport -- 2.2.1 Flow Over a Flat Bottom -- 2.2.2 Flow Over a Wavy Bottom -- 2.3 Hydrodynamics in the Coastal Zone -- 2.3.1 Structure of the Marine Boundary Layer |
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2.3.2 Open Coast Dynamics -- 2.3.2.1 Stochastic and Deterministic Representation of Wave Fields -- 2.3.2.2 Wave Transformation Processes Caused by Obstacles and Bottom Topography -- 2.3.2.3 Other Current Generation Mechanisms in the Nearshore -- 2.3.3 A Description of Tides -- 2.3.4 Dynamics of Estuaries and Coastal Lagoons -- 2.4 Seaoor Composition -- 2.4.1 Sediment Composition on Open Shores -- 2.4.2 Sediment Composition in Estuaries -- 2.4.3 Tidal Flats -- 2.4.4 Continental Shelf Bedforms and Coastal Features: A Description -- 2.5 Morphodynamics -- 2.6 Mudats and Wetlands |
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3 Modelling Procedures -- 3.1 Modelling Concepts and Methods for Di erent Scales and Applications -- 3.1.1 Mesh Generation -- 3.1.1.1 Mesh Design in the Horizontal Coordinates -- 3.1.2 Model Topography and Bathymetry -- 3.1.2.1 ETOPO1 Global Relief -- 3.1.2.2 Bathymetries with 30 Arc-second Grids: GEBCO2014 and SRTM30_PLUS -- 3.1.3 More Detailed Bathymetries with Satellite Technologies -- 3.1.4 Tidal Forcing: Modelling Approaches -- 3.1.5 Wave Forcing: Modelling Approaches -- 3.1.6 Meteorological Forcings -- 3.2 Modelling Open Beach Dynamics |
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3.2.1 Morphodynamic Models with Spectral Wave Formulations -- 3.2.1.1 XBeach -- 3.2.2 RANS Models -- 3.2.3 Boussinesq-Type Models -- 3.3 Modelling Complex Environments -- 3.3.1 Some Generalities -- 3.3.2 The Mouth of the Columbia River: A Case Study -- 3.4 Data-Driven Modelling -- 4 Future Modelling Applications -- 4.1 Climate Change: Storm Surge and Inundation Modelling -- 4.1.1 Storm Surge Model GCOM2D -- 4.1.2 Inundation Model ANUGA -- 4.1.3 Shoreface Recession Model -- 4.1.4 Model-Coupling, Hierarchical Procedure -- 4.1.5 Impact of Tropical Cyclones at Bunbury: TC Alby and Other Scenarios |
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4.2 Coastal Erosion and Coastal Management -- 4.2.1 Coastal Protection Approaches -- 4.2.2 Managed Realignment and Shoreline Management -- 4.2.2.1 General Background -- 4.2.2.2 Coastal Resilience and Regional Modelling Opportunities -- 4.3 The (First) Sand Engine, the Netherlands -- 4.3.1 Description of Project and Field Observations -- 4.3.2 Process-Based Modelling of the Sand Engine with Delft3D -- 4.4 Offshore Renewable Energy -- 4.4.1 Hydrokinetic Energy -- 4.4.2 Wave Energy -- 4.4.3 Offshore Wind -- 5 Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"This guide to sediment transport and morphodynamics modelling in nearshore environments covers hydrodynamics of estuarine and coastal environments, seafloor and estuarine composition, and hydro-environmental interactions; emphasising the inter-relations of small and large scale processes. For engineers and graduate students"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Vanesa Magar is a senior researcher and associate professor, at the Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada in Baja California, Mexico. She was formerly a researcher at Plymouth University, UK |
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Description based on print version record |
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Coastal sediments -- Mathematical models
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Estuarine sediments -- Mathematical models
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Sediment transport -- Matematical models
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Coast changes -- Mathematical models
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Geomorphology.
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geomorphology.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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TECHNOLOGY -- Engineering -- Civil.
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Coast changes -- Mathematical models
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Estuarine sediments -- Mathematical models
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Geomorphology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429154263 |
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0429154267 |
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9781498753487 |
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1498753485 |
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9780429546297 |
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0429546297 |
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9780429531590 |
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0429531591 |
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