Fundamentals of Estuarine Physical Oceanography
Authors: Bruner de Miranda, L., Andutta, F.P., Kjerfve, B., Castro Filho, B.M. de
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- 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
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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. - About the authors
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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
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Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho is a professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Introduction to Estuary Studies
Pages 1-23
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Circulation and Mixing in Estuaries
Pages 25-72
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Estuary Classification
Pages 73-115
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Physical Properties and Experiments in Estuaries
Pages 117-141
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Reduction and Analysis of Observational Data: Flux and Transport of Properties
Pages 143-184
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Fundamentals of Estuarine Physical Oceanography
- Authors
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- Luiz Bruner de Miranda
- Fernando Pinheiro Andutta
- Björn Kjerfve
- Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho
- Series Title
- Ocean Engineering & Oceanography
- Series Volume
- 8
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-981-10-3041-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-981-10-3041-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-981-10-3040-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-981-10-9772-0
- Series ISSN
- 2194-6396
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXXII, 480
- Number of Illustrations
- 121 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
- Topics
