3 Books found
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group Books
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River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Volume 1: 5th IAHR Symposium (RCEM 2007), Enschede, The Netherlands 17-21 September 2007
Around the world, many people live, work and recreate in river, estuarine and coastal areas, systems which are also important wildlife habitats. It is imperative to understand the physics of such systems. A key element here is morphodynamics: the mutual interaction and adjustment of landform topography and fluid dynamics involving the motion of sediment. The numerous interacting processes involved, such as large- and small-scale hydrodynamics, ...
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River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2007: Proceedings of the 5th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Enschede, NL, 17-21 September 2007
Morphodynamics offers insight into the evolution of consistent, self-adjusting morphologies such as drainage basins, the long profiles of rivers or the shape of shorelines, and the persistence of rhythmic features such as beach cusps. Including a mix of basic and applied research, this book offers the latest research results concerning quantitative modelling of the interaction of water and sediment and the shapes this interaction makes. The text ...
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Adiabatic Invariants in Large-Scale Atmospheric Dynamics
This book deals with the main principles of large-scale atmospheric dynamics on the basis of adiabatic motion constants. It can be considered as an introduction to the theory of quasi two-dimensional fluid motion concentrating primarily on nearly horizontal fluid parcel displacements in a stably stratified compressible fluid. A thorough mathematical treatment of the governing equations is coupled with a clear interpretation of the phenomena ...