Preventive Methods for Coastal Protection: Towards the Use of Ocean Dynamics for Pollution Control

By Tarmo Soomere and Ewald Quak

Book Overview

Foreword.- Preface.- The Baltic Way Project.- 1. Towards Mitigation of Environmental Risks: T.Soomere.- Part I Modelling the Underlying Dynamics: 2. Topography, Hydrography, Circulation and Modelling of the Baltic Sea: K. Myrberg and A. Lehmann.- 3. Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics and Ocean Modeling: T. Torsvik.- 4. Studying the Baltic Sea Circulation with Eulerian Tracers: M. Meier and A. H?glund.- 5. European Semi-Enclosed Seas: Basic Physical Processes and their Numerical Modeling: E. Stanev and Xi Lu.- 6. The Gulf of Finland, its Hydrography and Circulation Dynamics: K. Myrberg and T.Soomere .- Part II Lagrangian Dynamics and Inverse Problems: 7. TRACMASS - A Lagrangian Trajectory Model: K. D??s, J. Kjellson and B. J?nsson.- 8. Evaluation and Tuning of Model Trajectories and Spreading Rates in the Baltic Sea Using Surface-Drifter Observations: J. Kjellson, K. D??s and T.Soomere.- 9. Statistics of Lagrangian Transport Reveals Hidden Features of Velocity Fields: T. Soomere.- 10. Applications of the Inverse Problem of Pollution Propagation: T. Soomere.- 11. Applications of an Oil Drift and Fate Model for Fairway Design: J.Murawski and J.W.Nielsen.- Concluding Remarks.- Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319343335
• ISBN13: 9783319343334
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"