Dynamics of Coastal Models - Manejo Costero

476 Indexbasin (cont.)neutralone-dimensionalpartially mixedpositivequasi-neutralslightly stratified 347stratified 325unstratifiedvertically mixed 229well-mixed 239Batchelor, George K. 250, 405Batchelor length 251, 405, 406bathtub model 191, 193, 203bathymetric charts 33bathymetry following flexible meshes 222(see alsoflexible meshes)Bay of Fundy, Canada 201beaches 457moderately exposed 458protected or marshy 458sloping 412benthic classification 432benthos 97types of 410Bernoulli, Daniel 102, 250, 303Bernoulli equation (model) 303–305biogeochemical processes 23, 68biological communities 68biological processes 92–101Bjerknes, Carl A. 162boat wakes see ship wakesbottom boundary layers 114currents 38, 80bottom shear stress 113, 115, 414, 415forms of 150bottom slope 306supercritical 312, 315–319boundary, downstream 100boundary conditionshomogeneous 51inhomogeneous 51boundary layer 115, 237logarithmic 255–259, 257, 275–284, 278surface 237thermal 238boundary zones 237boundaries of coastal models 160, 178closed 13with deep ocean 12, 178, 378Boussinesq, J. Valentin 440box models 67–86, 69, 372, 380interconnected 68river flow 69–73salinity 74sediment processes 462, 462–466brackets, triangular 232brackish water 375branch points 63bridge structures 395–396Brownian motion 248Brunt–Vä isa¨ la¨ frequency 332buoyancyeffects 104flux 366, 370, 381–382, 387forcing 104frequency 332 (see also Brunt-Va¨ isa¨ la¨frequency)length 383negative 252of particle 459plume 329upper layer of water column 329California, University of, Berkeley 261Californian coast 77, 379Cambridge, University of, England 447carbon 68Caribbean Sea 222Cartesian components 32, 55, 221catchment area of equilibrium states 389Cauchy–Riemann conditions 56, 57ceiling fan blades 252, 303central differencing 77Centre for Water Research, University of WesternAustralia 243CFD see computational fluid dynamicsCFL (Courant, Friedrichs, and Levy) criterion 217,218, 225channelnon-linear effects 363artificial walls 178narrow 68tidal 5, 362–364training walls 301chemical processes 92–101Che´ zy formula 283Che´ zy, Antoine Le´ onard de 283, 333circulation, closed 434classical basins 80, 366circulation 22and inverse basins 386classification systemsdegree of sorting 452partially mixed basins 364–366sedimentary particles 444sediments using size 442–456vertical stratification 345–348