Author : D. G. Aubrey
Publisher : American Geophysical Union
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Book Synopsis Buoyancy Effects on Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics by : D. G. Aubrey
Download or read book Buoyancy Effects on Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics written by D. G. Aubrey and published by American Geophysical Union. This book was released on 1996-01-09 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Coastal and Estuarine Studies, Volume 53. Coastal water quality, flooding, estuarine habitat diversity, and distribution of coastal organisms depend in part on the dynamics of the coastal water column. Particularly within coastal embayments and estuaries, areas within the influence of freshwater from surface and ground water sources, the water column may be stratified by temperature and/or salinity. Resulting density gradients affect the behavior of the water column, including mixing and transport processes. Understanding physical processes associated with buoyancy in the coastal oceans is a requisite first step towards understanding the effects of buoyancy on coastal processes, including geological, biological and geochemical aspects. This volume presents 23 papers addressing various aspects of buoyancy in the coastal oceans, including plumes, tidal interaction with buoyancy, shelf dynamics and mixing processes, and estuarine dynamics of buoyancy. The interwoven common thread amongst these articles is how buoyancy processes affect the density stratification and dynamics of shallow coastal flows.