Keywords:
Water waves -- Computer simulation.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (312 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781483287249
Series Statement:
Issn Series ; v.Volume 12
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1837781
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Simulating Nearshore Environments -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Previous Work -- Types of Simulation Models -- Wave's Goals -- Assumptions in WAVE -- Development of WAVE -- Chapter 2. Physical Features and Processes of Nearshore Environments -- Classifying Nearshore Environments -- Effects of Waves on Deltas -- Summary -- Chapter 3. Hydrodynamics of Waves and Nearshore Currents -- Classification of Waves -- Two-Dimensional Representation of Shoaling Waves -- Representation of Refracting Waves in the Third Dimension -- Continuity Equations -- Momentum Equations for Conservations of Energy and Momentum -- Computer Procedures for Simulating Waves -- Chapter 4. Nearshore Sediment Transport -- Procedures for Representing Transport by Waves -- Equations for Nearshore Transport -- WAVE's Procedures for Calculating Transport Rates -- Summary -- Chapter 5. Simulating Erosion, Transport, and Deposition -- Representation of Space and Time -- Continuity Equations for Sediment Transport -- Representing Sorting with Four Grain Types -- Calculating Transport Efficiencies -- Organization of WAVE's Sediment Transport Module -- Simulating Erosion -- Transport and Deposition -- Experiments Demonstrating WAVE's Procedures for Simulating Transport -- Summary -- Chapter 6. Simulating Longshore Transport on Beaches -- El Moreno and Silver Strand Beaches -- Simulating Longshore Transport Near Jetties at Anaheim Bay -- Simulating Transport Along the Oregon Coast -- Conclusions -- Chapter 7. Simulating Longshore Transport on Deltas -- SEDSIM -- Experiment 10: Delta Without Waves -- Experiment 11 : Deltas with Wave -- Experiment 12: Deltas Exposed to Waves and Rising Sea -- Experiment 13: Sea Level Changes as They Affect Stratigraphic Sequences.
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Experiments 14 and 15: Experiments with INTERACTIVE WAVE -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Observational Data Used to Test WAVE -- Appendix B: Input Data for WAVE's Circulation Module: WAVECIRC -- Appendix C: Input Data for WAVE's Sedimentation Module -- Appendix D: SEDSIM's Input Data -- Appendix E: Mathematical Symbols Used in Text -- References -- Index.
