Overview
- Provides a unique teaching tool for the systematic learning of aquatic modeling
- Tackles modeling from a new angle
- Introduces aquatic numerical modeling using a process oriented approach
- Enables the thorough understanding of physics and biogeochemistry for lakes and coastal seas
- Provides software, datasets and algorithms needed to reproduce all calculations and results in the book
- Provides a number of creative and stimulating exercises
- Is a good basis for learning Earth System Sciences
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Geophysical Sciences (GEOPHYS)
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About this book
Mounting concern about the influence of humans on climate and environmental conditions has increased the need for multi-disciplinary modeling efforts, including systems such as oceans, costal seas, lakes, land surfaces, ice, rivers and atmosphere.
This unique book will stimulate students and researchers to develop
their modeling skills and make model codes and data transparent
to other research groups. The book uses the general equation solver
PROBE to introduce process oriented numerical modeling and to
build understanding of the subject step by step. PROBE is a general
equation solver for one-dimensional transient, or two-dimensional
steady, boundary layers. By the construction of nets of sub-basins the
book illustrates how the process based modeling can be extended,
complementing three-dimensional modeling. The equation solver has
been used in many applications, particularly in Sweden and Finland
with their numerous lakes, archipelago seas, fjords, and coastal zones.
It has also been used for process studies in the Arctic and in the
Mediterranean Sea and the approach is general for applications in many
other environmental applications.... more on http://
springer.com/978-3-642-17727-9.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“The Guide to process based modeling of lakes and coastal seas uses an easily accessible and well-tested model to guide aspiring modelers and students into the process of modeling, making the process of numerical simulations easier and more transparent. It is a welcome new resource for those interested in modeling in the fields of physical oceanography and aquatic ecology. … book should be also accessible to students with basic knowledge of fluid dynamics, which makes it suitable for teaching in graduate or upper-level undergraduate courses.” (Sergei Katsev, Journal of Paleolimnology, Vol. 49, 2013)Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Guide to Process Based Modeling of Lakes and Coastal Seas
Authors: Anders Omstedt
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17728-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-17728-6Published: 18 May 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 258
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations, 67 illustrations in colour
Topics: Coastal Sciences, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Physical Geography