The Dynamics of Coastal Models

The first publication in 1964 of J.J. Dronkers's Tidal Computations in Rivers and Coastal Waters heralded an exponential increase in the literature on modeling of estuarine and coastal hydrodynamics. Not only do a bewildering number of scientific papers now appear in journals each month, but they are also likely to do so in books. The Dynamics of Coastal Models is one of those books. This book presents, from the viewpoint of an oceanographic numerical modeler, a synthesis of the general theoretical understanding of the dynamics of coastal basins, including estuaries, lagoons, and embayments. The idea behind the book is to emphasize simple models as a scientific tool in our understanding of coasts. The scope of the material covered is impressive. This book is derived from the author's lectures given to a mixture of classes on several continents. This results in the inevitable overlaps in the chapters on the dynamics and...