Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Fundamentals of Estuarine Physical Oceanography

  • Textbook
  • © 2017

Overview

Authors:
  1. Luiz Bruner de Miranda

    1. University of São Paulo (IOUSP), Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo (IOUSP), São Paulo SP, Brazil

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Fernando Pinheiro Andutta

    1. Griffith Climate Change Response Program (GCCRP), Griffith Centre for Coastal Management (GCCM), Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith Climate Change Response Program (GCCRP), Griffith Centre for Coastal Management (GCCM) , Gold Coast, Australia

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  3. Björn Kjerfve

    1. American University of Sharjah , Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  4. Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho

    1. Oceanographic Institute, University of Sao Paulo (IOUSP), Oceanographic Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Provides an introduction to the complex system functions, variability and human interference
  • Focuses on circulation, transport and mixing of estuarine and coastal water masses
  • Emphasizes that research and theory are interactive, and the results provide the basic knowledge for the development of the estuarine research
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Ocean Engineering & Oceanography (OEO, volume 8)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 139.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction to Estuary Studies

    • Luiz Bruner de Miranda, Fernando Pinheiro Andutta, Björn Kjerfve, Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho
    Pages 1-23

  3. Circulation and Mixing in Estuaries

    • Luiz Bruner de Miranda, Fernando Pinheiro Andutta, Björn Kjerfve, Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho
    Pages 25-72

  4. Estuary Classification

    • Luiz Bruner de Miranda, Fernando Pinheiro Andutta, Björn Kjerfve, Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho
    Pages 73-115

  5. Physical Properties and Experiments in Estuaries

    • Luiz Bruner de Miranda, Fernando Pinheiro Andutta, Björn Kjerfve, Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho
    Pages 117-141

  6. Reduction and Analysis of Observational Data: Flux and Transport of Properties

    • Luiz Bruner de Miranda, Fernando Pinheiro Andutta, Björn Kjerfve, Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho
    Pages 143-184

  7. Mixing Processes in Estuaries: Simplifyed Methods

    • Luiz Bruner de Miranda, Fernando Pinheiro Andutta, Björn Kjerfve, Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho
    Pages 185-232

  8. Hydrodynamic Formulation: Mass and Salt Conservation Equations

    • Luiz Bruner de Miranda, Fernando Pinheiro Andutta, Björn Kjerfve, Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho
    Pages 233-282

  9. Hydrodynamic Formulation: Equations of Motion and Applications

    • Luiz Bruner de Miranda, Fernando Pinheiro Andutta, Björn Kjerfve, Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho
    Pages 283-326

  10. Circulation and Mixing in Steady-State Models: Salt Wedge Estuary

    • Luiz Bruner de Miranda, Fernando Pinheiro Andutta, Björn Kjerfve, Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho
    Pages 327-349

  11. Circulation and Mixing in Steady-State Models: Well-Mixed Estuary

    • Luiz Bruner de Miranda, Fernando Pinheiro Andutta, Björn Kjerfve, Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho
    Pages 351-384

  12. Circulation and Mixing in Steady-State Models: Partially Mixed Estuary

    • Luiz Bruner de Miranda, Fernando Pinheiro Andutta, Björn Kjerfve, Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho
    Pages 385-438

  13. Numerical Hydrodynamic Modelling

    • Luiz Bruner de Miranda, Fernando Pinheiro Andutta, Björn Kjerfve, Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho
    Pages 439-480
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This book provides an introduction to the complex system functions, variability and human interference in ecosystem between the continent and the ocean. It focuses on circulation, transport and mixing of estuarine and coastal water masses, which is ultimately related to an understanding of the hydrographic and hydrodynamic characteristics (salinity, temperature, density and circulation), mixing processes (advection and diffusion), transport timescales such as the residence time and the exposure time.


In the area of physical oceanography, experiments using these water bodies as a natural laboratory and interpreting their circulation and mixing processes using theoretical and semi-theoretical knowledge are of fundamental importance. Small-scale physical models may also be used together with analytical and numerical models. The book highlights the fact that research and theory are interactive, and the results provide the fundamentals for the development of the estuarine research.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of São Paulo (IOUSP), Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo (IOUSP), São Paulo SP, Brazil

    Luiz Bruner de Miranda

  • Griffith Climate Change Response Program (GCCRP), Griffith Centre for Coastal Management (GCCM), Griffith School of Engineering, Griffith Climate Change Response Program (GCCRP), Griffith Centre for Coastal Management (GCCM) , Gold Coast, Australia

    Fernando Pinheiro Andutta

  • American University of Sharjah , Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

    Björn Kjerfve

  • Oceanographic Institute, University of Sao Paulo (IOUSP), Oceanographic Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho

About the authors

Fernando Pinheiro Andutta is Research Fellow at the Griffith Climate Change Response Program GCCRP at Griffith University, Southport, Australia

Björn Kjerfve is Chancellor of the American University of Sharjah, UAE

Luiz Bruner de Miranda is an emeritus professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil

And 

Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho is a professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fundamentals of Estuarine Physical Oceanography

  • Authors: Luiz Bruner de Miranda, Fernando Pinheiro Andutta, Björn Kjerfve, Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho

  • Series Title: Ocean Engineering & Oceanography

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3041-3

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-3040-6Published: 09 February 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9772-0Published: 14 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-3041-3Published: 20 January 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2194-6396

  • Series E-ISSN: 2194-640X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXII, 480

  • Number of Illustrations: 121 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Coastal Sciences, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Hydrology/Water Resources, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Oceanography

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation