Preventive methods for coastal protection towards the use of ocean dynamics for pollution control / Tarmo Soomere, Ewald Quak, editors.
| Other author | Soomere, Tarmo. |
| Other author | Quak, Ewald. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cham, [Switzerland] : Springer, [2013] |
| Description | xviii, 442 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Springer Nature - Springer Mathematics and Statistics eBooks 2013 English International |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Springer Books |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1. Towards Mitigation of Environmental Risks -- Pt. I. Modelling the underlying dynamics -- 2. Topography, Hydrography, Circulation and Modelling of the Baltic Sea -- 3. Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics and Ocean Modelling -- 4. Studying the Baltic Sea Circulation with Eulerian Tracers -- 5. European Semi-enclosed Seas: Basic Physical Processes and Their Numerical Modelling -- 6. The Gulf of Finland, Its Hydrography and Circulation Dynamics -- pt. II. Lagrangian dynamics and inverse probelms -- 7. TRACMASS - A Lagrangian Trajectory Model -- 8. Evaluation and Tuning of Model Trajectories and Spreading Rates in the Baltic Sea Using Surface Drifter Observations -- 9. Statistics of Lagrangian Transport Reveals Hidden Features of Velocity Fields. |
| Abstract | Presents a comprehensive overview of the background, key ideas, basic methods, implementation details and a selection of solutions offered by a novel technology for the optimization of the location of dangerous offshore activities in terms of environmental criteria, as developed in the course of the BalticWay project, one of sixteen projects funded by BONUS, the joint Baltic Sea research and development programme, in 2009-2011.-- Source other than Library of Congress. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-415) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Also available via the World Wide Web. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013942501 |
| ISBN | 9783319004396 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 3319004395 (alk. paper) |
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