Physics of Lakes
Physics of Lakes
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ISBN No.: 9783319086262
Pages: xl, 1685
Year: 202001
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 439.26
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Mathematical Prerequisites.- A Brief Review of the Basic Thermomechanical Laws of Classical Physics.- Fundamental Equations of Lake Hydrodynamics.- Conservation of Angular Momentum.- Vorticity.- Turbulence Modelling.- Introduction to Linear Waves.- The Role of the Distribution of Mass Within Water Bodies on Earth.


- Vertical Structure of Wind-induced Currents in Homogenous and Stratified Waters.- Phenomenological Coefficients of Water.- The Role of the Earth's Rotation.- Oscillations in Semi-bounded and Bounded Basins of Constant Depth.- Basin-scale Gravity Waves in Circular and Elliptical Containers on the Rotating Earth.- Barotropic and Baroclinic Basin-scale Wave Dynamics.- Higher-Order Baroclinicity.- Barotropic Oscillations in Lake Onega - A Lake of Complex Geometry.


- Observation and Analysis of Internal Seiches in the Southern Basin of Lake of Lugano.- Topographic Waves in Enclosed Basins - Fundamentals and Observations.- Topographic Rossby Waves in Basins of Simple Geometry.- Topographic Waves in Basins with Complex Shapes and Complex Bathymetries.- A Class of Chrystal-Type Equations.- Barotropic Wind-induced Motions in a Shallow Lake.- Response of a Stratified Alpine Lake to External Wind Fields.- Numerical Prediction and Comparison with Field Observations.


- Comparing Numerical Methods for Convectively-Dominated Problems.- Comparing Different Numerical Treatments of Advection Terms for Wind-Induced Circulations in Lakes.- Subgrid-Scale Parameterization in Numerical Simulations of Lake Circulation.- Instruments and Sensors.- Measuring Methods and Techniques.- Dimensional Analysis, Similitude and Model Experiments.- Prograding and Retrograding Hypo- and Hyperpycnal Deltaic Formations into Quiescent Ambients.- Sediment Transport in Alluvial Systems.



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