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Applications in coastal modeling /

The importance of models to facilitate our understanding and management of the coastal system is evident from this book, which shows that the preference for using models to study the coastal system is shared not only by different research institutions (government, military, industry and academia), b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lakhan, V. C. (V. Chris), Trenhaile, Alan S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : New York, NY, U.S.A. : Elsevier ; Distributors for the U.S. and Canada Elseviers Science Pub. Co., 1989.
Colección:Elsevier oceanography series ; 49.
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  • 1. Models and the Coastal System. 2. Modeling the Simulation of the Coastal System. 3. Modeling of Offshore Structures. 4. Wave Prediction Models. 5. Computer Simulation of the Characteristics of Shoreward Propagating Deep and Shallow Water Waves. 6. Sandy Beach Geomorphology Elucidated by Laboratory Modeling. 7. Beach Profile Development. 8. Space Time Monitoring of Beach Morphodynamics: A Black Box Approach. 9. Sea Level Oscillations and the Development of Rock Coasts. 10. Computer Simulation of Wave and Fluvial-Dominated Nearshore Environments. 11. Preferences over Cyclical Paths Generated by Predator-Prey Interactions: An Application in Coastal Ecosystem Management. 12. Remaining Problems in the Practical Application of Numerical Models to Coastal Waters. Subject Index.