Download or read book Comparison of Computer Simulation Models with Field Data from Nearshore Environments written by William T. Fox and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computer simulation models of coastal processes provide an accurate means of predicting wave and current conditions in the nearshore environment. A 7-year study was undertaken to develop and test a series of computer simulation models based on time-series data from field studies. The field studies include Stevensville, Mich.; Sheboygan, Wis.; Mustang Island, Texas; Cedar Island, Va.; South Beach, Ore.; Zion, Ill. and South Haven, Mich.; and Plum Island, Mass. A series of computer programs were developed for analysis and plotting of the field data. A Fourier analysis program was used to plot smoothed curves for weather, waves and current variables. Topographic maps and maps of erosion and deposition were plotted based on daily beach and nearshore profiles. An 'Area-time Prism' model was formulated to graphically portray changes in beach and nearshore bar configuration through time. A 'Coastal Process Simulation Model' was developed to predict wave and longshore current conditions, and beach and bar erosion on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. A 'Coastal Storm Model' based on the size, shape and intensity of a coastal storm predicts wind, waves and currents for any coastal orientation. The coastal storm model can hindcast conditions of past storms or produce short term forecast in developing storms. The model is based on an inverted normal curve which is rotated around the center of a storm system.
Download or read book Selected Water Resources Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Selected Water Resources Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Computer Modelling in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences written by Peter K. Müller and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-06-21 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book describes what these models are, what they are based on, how they function, and then, most innovatively, how they can be used to generate new useful knowledge about the environmental system. Discusses this generation of knowledge by computer models from an epistemological perspective and illustrates it by numerous examples from applied and fundamental research. Includes ample technical appendices and is a valuable source of information for graduate students and scientists alike working in the field of environmental sciences.
Download or read book Simulating Nearshore Environments written by P.A. Martinez and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simulating Nearshore Environments provides computer procedures that realistically represent nearshore processes and supplement or replace trial and error methodology. The procedures simulate transport by waves and fluvial processes on beaches and deltas at various scales. They will aid coastal engineers, oceanographers and sedimentary geologists who focus on both modern and ancient nearshore deposits. How do you simulate nearshore processes using a computer? Can evolving deltaic and coastal environments be simulated realistically by mathematically representing the physical processes that create them? Once the physics and mathematical formulation are described, what are the techniques for transforming them into computer programs? The authors deal with all these aspects and take a "how to" approach in guiding the reader through the development of computer models for simulating sediment transport in coastal environments. In addition to describing the devised computer programs, the book provides a basis for those wishing to formulate their own mathematical models for simulating nearshore processes.
Download or read book R D Abstracts written by Technology Reports Centre (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Computer Models for Environmental Engineering and Research in Near coastal Environments written by MIT/Marine Industry Collegium and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Government Reports Annual Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sections 1-2. Keyword Index.--Section 3. Personal author index.--Section 4. Corporate author index.-- Section 5. Contract/grant number index, NTIS order/report number index 1-E.--Section 6. NTIS order/report number index F-Z.
Download or read book Introduction to Coastal Processes and Geomorphology written by R. Davidson-Arnott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to coastal processes and their related features for undergraduate students.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Coastal Science written by M. Schwartz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-11-08 with total page 1243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new Encyclopedia of Coastal Science stands as the latest authoritative source in the field of coastal studies, making it the standard reference work for specialists and the interested lay person. Unique in its interdisciplinary approach. This Encyclopedia features contributions by 245 well-known international specialists in their respective fields and is abundantly illustrated with line-drawings and photographs. Not only does this volume offer an extensive number of entries, it also includes various appendices, an illustrated glossary of coastal morphology and extensive bibliographic listings.
Download or read book Government Reports Announcements Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Computer Simulation in Physical Geography written by M. J. Kirkby and published by . This book was released on 1993-08-24 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computer Simulation in Physical Geography Second Edition M.J. Kirkby, University of Leeds, UK, P.S. Naden, Institute of Hydrology, UK, T.P. Burt, University of Oxford, UK and D.P. Butcher, University of Huddersfield, UK Simulation modelling has grown in importance in geographical teaching and project work ever since microcomputers have become widely available. By developing a broad range of usable programs in an environmental context, this second edition of Computer Simulation in Physical Geography may be used both as a physical geography textbook and as a pathway to learning standard programming, since substantial sections of the book are devoted to the design, formulation and best use of programs. The book opens with an introduction to the subject, followed by a series of chapters each of which is devoted to a different type of model, including black box models, process models, mass and energy balance models, and stochastic models. The second half of the book contains methods for model or program formulation and various means of verifying and calibrating models against field data. The choice of an appropriate model for a given situation is considered, together with the building of rationally based computer simulations from geographical assumptions. Example programs are drawn from ecology, hydrology, meteorology and hillslope and fluvial geomorphology, and these give a flavour of current research trends. All programs are contained on a supplementary disk in Microsoft QuickBASIC, QBASIC (standard with DOS 5-0) or GWBASIC (standard with earlier DOS versions). The distinct advantages of this second edition over the first are the major changes that have been made in updating the programs to the more structured environment of QuickBASIC, which also enables the utilisation of the superior CGA, EGA and VGA graphics on current DOS systems.
