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Informationen zum Autor David Prandle is currently a Consultant Engineer and a Visiting Professor at the University of Liverpool. He graduated as a Civil Engineer from the University of Liverpool and studied the propagation of a tidal bore in the River Hooghly for his Ph.D. at the University of Manchester. He worked for 5 years as a Consultant to Canada's National Research Council! modeling the St Lawrence and Fraser Rivers. He was then recruited to the UK's Natural Environment Research Council's Bidston Observatory to design the operational software for controlling the Thames Flood Barrier. He has subsequently carried out observational! modeling and theoretical studies of tide and storm propagation! tidal energy extraction! circulation and mixing! temperatures and water quality in shelf seas and their coastal margins. Klappentext A 2009 reference volume discussing the dynamics! mixing! sediment regimes and morphological evolution in estuaries for researchers! students and engineers. Zusammenfassung This volume outlines practical formulae and hypotheses for the dynamics! sediment regimes and morphological evolution in estuaries. Enabling readers to compare different estuaries! and develop monitoring and modeling strategies for short and long-term management issues! it is a valuable reference for students of physical oceanography and estuary engineering! and professional researchers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Tidal dynamics; 3. Currents; 4. Saline intrusion; 5. Sediment regimes; 6. Synchronous estuaries: dynamics, saline intrusion and bathymetry; 7. Synchronous estuaries: sediment trapping and sorting, stable morphology; 8. Strategies for global climate change; Bibliography; Index.
