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Coastal and Shelf Sea Modelling

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Philip Dyke

    1. University of Plymouth, UK

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Part of the book series: Topics in Environmental Fluid Mechanics (EFMS, volume 2)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-2
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  2. The Modelling Process and Environmental Impact

    • Philip Dyke
    Pages 5-16

  3. Dynamic Balances

    • Philip Dyke
    Pages 17-52

  4. Numerical Methods

    • Philip Dyke
    Pages 53-76

  5. Boundary Conditions

    • Philip Dyke
    Pages 77-94

  6. Modelling Diffusion

    • Philip Dyke
    Pages 95-127

  7. Modelling on the Continental Shelf

    • Philip Dyke
    Pages 129-172

  8. Environmental Impact Modelling

    • Philip Dyke
    Pages 173-202

  9. Modelling in Action

    • Philip Dyke
    Pages 203-249

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 251-264
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Since the computing revolution, modelling has become the most important way in which we further our knowledge about how the sea moves and how the processes in the sea operate. The coast and the continental shelf are two of the most important areas of the sea to understand. Coastal and Shelf Sea Modelling is therefore very timely and important. In this text, modelling the processes that occur in the sea is motivated continually through real life examples. Sometimes these are incorporated naturally within the text, but there are also a number of case studies taken from the recent research literature. These will be particularly valuable to students as they are presented in a style more readily accessible than that found in a typical research journal. The motivation for modelling is care for the environment. The well publicised problem of global warming, the phenomenon of El Niño, more localised pollution scares caused by tanker accidents and even smaller scale coastal erosion caused by storms all provide motivation for modelling and all get coverage in this text. Particularly novel features of the book include a systematic treatment of the modelling process in a marine context, the inclusion of diffusion in some detail, ecosystems modelling and a brief foray into wave prediction. The final chapter provides the reader with the opportunity to do some modelling; there are many worked examples followed by exercises that readers can try themselves. All answers are provided. Throughout, the style is informal and the technicalities in term of mathematics are kept to a minimum.
Coastal and Shelf Sea Modelling is particularly suitable for graduate marine and oceanographic modelling courses, but will also prove useful to coastal engineers and students at any level interested in the quantitative modelling of marine processes. It is stressed that only a minimal level of mathematics (first year calculus or less) is required; thestyle and content is introductory.

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  • University of Plymouth, UK

    Philip Dyke

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