Introduction to Tides

Informationen zum Autor Theo Gerkema is a senior researcher in the Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ). He graduated as a theoretical physicist from the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and studied the generation of internal solitons for his Ph.D. at NIOZ. The early part of his career was devoted to studying internal tides and Coriolis effects. In recent years, his work has centered on coastal dynamics, tides, sediment transport and sea-level variability, involving sea-going observational work and modelling. Klappentext A self-contained introduction to tides, explaining the origin of tidal constituents and their wave propagation in oceans and coastal seas. Zusammenfassung A self-contained introduction to tides that will be useful as a textbook for courses on tides in oceans and coastal seas at an advanced undergraduate and postgraduate level! and will also serve as the go-to book for researchers and coastal engineers needing information about tides. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgment; 1. Introductory concepts; 2. Tidal forcing; 3. Celestial motions; 4. Tidal constituents and the harmonic method; 5. Tidal wave propagation; 6. Tides in coastal seas and basins; 7. Internal tides.

Product details

• Authors: Theo Gerkema, Theo (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Gerkema, Theo (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) Gerkema
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781108474269
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47426-9
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography, environmental science, engineering & technology, Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions, Fluid mechanics, Mechanics of fluids, Coastlines, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Oceanography (seas and oceans), Oceanography (seas), Physics: Fluid mechanics, Engineering: Mechanics of fluids