Introduction to Nearshore Hydrodynamics /
Ib A. Svendsen
- Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific , 2006
- xxi, 722 pages : Illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Advanced series on ocean engineering ; v. 24 .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Introduction -- Hydrodynamic background -- Linear waves -- Energy blanace in the nearshore region -- Properties of breaking waves -- Wave models based on linear wave theory -- Nonlinear waves: analysis of parameters -- Stokes wave theory -- Long wave theory -- Boundary layers -- Nearshore circulation -- Cross-shore circulation and undertow -- Quasi-3D nearshore circulation models -- Other newarshore flow phenomena