Hydrodynamics of Estuaries and Fjords (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Hydrodynamics of Estuaries and Fjords 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 14
Forword 6
Acknowledgments 8
List of Participants 10
Chapter 1. A synoptic view of a coastal plain estuary 16
Chapter 2. Hydrodynamics of the Scheldt Estuary 42
Chapter 3. Mathematical model of water quality in a highly polluted estuary 70
Chapter 4. Modelling of biological and chemical processes in the Scheldt Estuary 78
Chapter 5. Turbulent mixing in a salt wedge estuary 94
Chapter 6. A two-dimensional numerical model for salt intrusion in estuaries 122
Chapter 7. The effect of meteorological forcing on the Chesapeake Bay : The coupling between an estuarine system and its adjacent coastal waters 142
Chapter 8. Long-period, estuarine-shelf exchanges in response to meteorological forcing 162
Chapter 9. Surge-tide interaction in the Southern North Sea 176
Chapter 10. Residual phenomena in estuaries, application to the Gironde Estuary 202
Chapter 11. Asymmetry and anomalies of circulation and vertical mixing in the branching of a lagoon-estuary 212
Chapter 12. Dispersion by tide-induced residual current vortices 222
Chapter 13. Coriolis, curvature and buoyancy effects upon dispersion in a narrow channel 232
Chapter 14. How some new fundamental results on relative turbulent diffusion can be relevant in estuaries and other natural flows 248
Chapter 15. A one-dimensional tidal model for estuarine networks 258
Chapter 16. A new approach to the computation of tidal motions in estuaries 276
Chapter 17. A numerical model of baratropic mixed tides between Vancouver Island and the Mainland and its relation to studies of the estuarine circulation 298
Chapter 18. Numerical investigations of the influence of coastal structures upon the dynamic off-shore process by application of a nested tidal model 330
Chapter 19. Application of a finite element hydrodynamic model to the Great Bay estuary system, New Hampshire, U.S.A. 364
Chapter 20. Spreading and mixing of the Hudson River effluent into the New York Bight 388
Chapter 21. A three-dimensional turbulent energy model for nonhomogeneous estuaries and coastal sea systems 402
Chapter 22. A brief review of present theories of Fjord dynamics 422
Chapter 23. Properties of the Robert R. Long model of estuarine circulation in fjords 438
Chapter 24. Wind-driven circulation in a fjord 454
Chapter 25. Summer replacement of deep water in Byfjord, Western Norway : Mass exchange across the sill induced by coastal upwelling 456
Chapter 26. Nonlinear internal waves in a fjord 480
Chapter 27. Two–layer analysis of steady circulation in stratified fjords 510
Chapter 28. Variability of currents and water properties from year-long observations in a fjord estuary 530
Subject Index 552