Estuarine and Coastal Hydrography and Sediment Transport
Estuarine and Coastal Hydrography and Sediment Transport
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A practical guide to the latest remote and in situ techniques used to measure sediments, quantify seabed characteristics, and understand physical properties of water and sediments and transport mechanisms in estuaries and coastal waters. Covering a broad range of topics from global reference frames and bathymetric surveying methods to the use of remote sensing for determining surface-water variables, enough background is included to explain how each technology functions. The advantages and disadvantages of each technology are explained, and a review of recent fieldwork experiments demonstrates how modern methods apply in real-life estuarine and coastal campaigns. Clear explanations of physical processes show links between different disciplines, making the book ideal for students and researchers in the environmental sciences, marine biology, chemistry and geology, whose work relies on an understanding of the physical environment and the way it is changing as a result of climate change, engineering and other influences.
- Covers the essentials of key water, solute and sediment transport phenomena, focusing on how to measure important variables using the latest remote and in situ methodologies and instrumentation, as well as the techniques commonly used to process and analyse the resulting data
- Suitable for students and researchers in the environmental sciences, marine biology, chemistry and geology, as well as physical oceanographers and surveyors undertaking studies in the coastal zone
- Provides clear explanations given by experienced users of technology, allowing easy reference and links between different sub-disciplines of the physical processes
Reviews & endorsements
'This book is a must for all bodies dealing with estuaries and coasts for researchers and practitioners, telling them how to take and analyse samples, and for statutory bodies and industries needing to know how to interpret the data or define what work needs to be done. It should be required reading by all marine laboratories, consultancies and organisations.' Mike Elliott, The Marine Biologist
Product details
- Published: August 2017
- Format: Adobe eBook Reader
- ISBN: 9781108514682
- Length: 0 pages
- Availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
- 1. Estuarine and coastal hydrography and sediment transport R. J. Uncles and S. B. Mitchell
- 2. Bathymetric and tidal measurements and their processing V. J. Abbott
- 3. Acoustic seabed survey methods, analysis and applications G. E. Jones, V. J. Abbott, A. J. Manning and M. Jakt
- 4. Temperature, salinity, density and current measurements and analysis A. J. Souza
- 5. Measurement and analysis of waves in estuarine and coastal waters J. Wolf
- 6. Estuarine deposited sediments: sampling and analysis K. L. Spencer
- 7. Suspended particulate matter: sampling and analysis S. B. Mitchell, R. J. Uncles and J. A. Stephens
- 8. Suspended particulate matter: the measurement of flocs A. J. Manning, R. J. S. Whitehouse and R. J. Uncles
- 9. Sediment transport: instrumentation and methodologies K. Black, J. Poleykett, R. J. Uncles and M. R. Wright
- 10. The use of autonomous sampling platforms with particular reference to moored data buoys J. R. Fishwick and J. Turton
- 11. Satellite and aircraft remote sensing S. J. Lavender
- Index.
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