TY - BOOK AU - Svendsen ,Ib A TI - Introduction to Nearshore Hydrodynamics SN - 9812561420 AV - TC172 S84 2006 U1 - 627/.042 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Hackensack, NJ : PB - World Scientific KW - LCSH KW - Water waves KW - Coasts KW - Hydrodynamics N1 - 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 ER -