Particles in the Coastal Ocean
Theory and Applications

This book summarizes the modeling of the transport, evolution and fate of particles in the coastal ocean for advanced students and researchers.

Daniel R. Lynch (Author), David A. Greenberg (Author), Ata Bilgili (Author), Dennis J. McGillicuddy, Jr (Author), James P. Manning (Author), Alfredo L. Aretxabaleta (Author)

9781107061750, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 22 December 2014

560 pages, 220 b/w illus. 34 colour illus. 34 tables
26 x 18.4 x 2.8 cm, 1.32 kg

'To analyse the particle motion, deterministic, numerical, statistical and full three-dimensional simulations are used. With such a wide scope, the authors have set themselves a challenging task. Nevertheless, the book is a success both in covering a massive amount of material and making it readable … the book is an outstanding summary of the methodology, including applications and implications, of particle tracking in the coastal ocean. Considering the length and the number of figures the book is a bargain at £77 (hardback). In my view, it is required reading for anyone interested in coastal fluid dynamics.' Thomas J. Bridges, Contemporary Physics

The coastal ocean comprises the semi-enclosed seas on the continental shelf, including estuaries and extending to the shelf break. This region is the focus of many serious concerns, including coastal inundation by tides, storm surges or sea level change; fisheries and aquaculture management; water quality; harmful algal blooms; planning of facilities (such as power stations); port development and maintenance; and oil spills. This book addresses modeling and simulation of the transport, evolution and fate of particles (physical and biological) in the coastal ocean. It is the first to summarize the state of the art in this field and direct it toward diverse applications, for example in measuring and monitoring sediment motion, oil spills and larval ecology. This is an invaluable textbook and reference work for advanced students and researchers in oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, marine and civil engineering, computational science and environmental science.

Part I. Background: 1. The coastal ocean
2. Drifters and their numerical simulation
3. Probability and statistics – a primer
4. Dispersion by random walk
5. BCs, boundary layers, sources
6. Turbulence closure
Part II. Elements: 7. Meshes: interpolation, navigation, and fields
8. Particles and fields
Part III. Applications: 9. Noncohesive sediment – dense particles
10. Oil – chemically active particles
11. Individual-based models – biotic particles
Part IV. Appendixes.

Subject Areas: Mechanics of fluids [TGMF], The environment [RN], Oceanography [seas RBKC], Earth sciences [RB], Fluid mechanics [PHDF]