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1 Introduction to Estuary Studies |
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1.1 Why to Study Estuaries? |
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1.2 Origin and Geological Age |
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1.3 Definition and Terminology |
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1.4 Policy and Actions to Estuary Preservation |
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2 Circulation and Mixing in Estuaries |
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2.1 Hydrologic Processes: Ocean-Drainage Basin-Estuary |
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2.2 Temporal and Spatial Scales of Sea-Level Variations |
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2.3 Dimensional Analysis Applied to Equations and Processes |
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2.4 What Generates the Circulation and Mixing in the Estuary? |
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2.5 Tidal Wave Propagation in an Estuary |
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2.6 Non-dimensional Numbers |
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2.7 Mixing and Entrainment |
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3.1 Geomorphologic Types of Estuaries |
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3.1.3 Bar-Built (or Coastal Lagoons) |
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3.1.4 Tectonic, Deltas and Rias |
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3.2 Salinity Stratification |
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3.2.1 Salt Wedge Estuary (Type A) |
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3.2.2 Moderately or Partially Mixed (Type B) |
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3.2.3 Vertically Well-Mixed (Types C and D) |
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3.3 Classification Diagrams |
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106 | (11) |
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4 Physical Properties and Experiments in Estuaries |
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4.2 Current Measurements, Tide and Hydrographic Properties |
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4.2.3 Hydrographic Properties |
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4.3 Density and Equations of State |
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5 Reduction and Analysis of Observational Data: Flux and Transport of Properties |
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5.1 Decomposition of Velocity |
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5.2 Vertical Velocity Profiles |
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5.3 Temporal and Spatial Averages |
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5.4 Reduction and Analysis of Temporal Data Series |
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5.5 Isopleths Method and Mean Vertical Profiles |
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5.6 Flux and Transport of Properties |
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5.7 Advective Salt Transport Components |
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5.8 Advective Concentration Transport |
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5.9 Tidal Prism Determination |
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6 Mixing Processes in Estuaries: Simplifyed Methods |
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6.3 Segmented Tidal Prism Model |
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6.3.1 High Tide Fresh Water Balance |
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6.3.2 Low Tide Fresh Water Balance |
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6.3.3 Fresh Water Balance During the Tidal Cycle |
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6.4 Concentration Estimates of a Conservative Pollutant |
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6.5 Water Mass Exchange at the Estuary Mouth |
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228 | (5) |
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7 Hydrodynamic Formulation: Mass and Salt Conservation Equations |
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7.1 State of a Volume Element |
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7.2 Mass and Salt Conservation Equations |
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7.3 Integral Formulas: Mass and Salt Conservation Equations |
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7.3.2 Bi-Dimensional Formulation: Vertical Integration |
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7.3.3 Bi-Dimensional Formulation: Lateral Integration |
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7.3.4 One-Dimensional Formulation: Integration in an Area |
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7.4 Simplified Forms of the Continuity Equation |
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7.5 Application of the One-Dimensional Continuity Equation |
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7.6 Application of the One-Dimensional Salt Conservation Equation |
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7.7 Steady-State Concentration Distribution of a Non-conservative Substance |
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8 Hydrodynamic Formulation: Equations of Motion and Applications |
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8.2 Boundary and Integral Conditions |
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8.3 Bi-Dimensional Formulations: Vertical and Lateral Integration |
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8.3.1 Vertical Integration |
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8.3.2 Cross-Section Integration |
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8.4 One-Dimensional Formulation |
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8.5 Simplifyed Formulation and Application |
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8.5.1 Velocity Generate by the River Discharge |
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308 | (5) |
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8.5.2 Velocity Generate by the Wind Stress |
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313 | (5) |
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8.6 Shallow Water Tidal Current and Phase Velocity |
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318 | (3) |
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8.7 Periodic Stratification Tidal Generate: Potential Energy Anomaly |
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321 | (6) |
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324 | (3) |
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9 Circulation and Mixing in Steady-State Models: Salt Wedge Estuary |
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9.1 Hypothesis and Theoretical Formulation |
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330 | (1) |
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9.2 Circulation and Salt-Wedge Intrusion |
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331 | (15) |
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9.2.2 The Lower Layer (Salt-Wedge) |
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335 | (3) |
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9.2.3 Vertical Velocity Profile |
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338 | (1) |
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9.2.4 Salt-Wedge Intrusion Length |
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338 | (8) |
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9.3 Theory and Experiment |
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348 | (3) |
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10 Circulation and Mixing in Steady-State Models: Well-Mixed Estuary |
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10.1 Hydrodynamic Formulation and Hypothesys |
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351 | (4) |
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10.2 Solution with Maximum Bottom Friction |
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10.3 Vertical Velocity Profile: Moderate Bottom Friction |
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361 | (3) |
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10.4 Theory and Observational Data |
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364 | (2) |
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10.5 Longitudinal Salinity Simulation |
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366 | (3) |
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10.6 Analytical Simulation |
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10.6.1 Basic Equations: Upper and Lower Boundary Conditions and Integral Boundary Condition |
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369 | (2) |
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10.6.2 Barotropic Pressure Gradient, Wind Stress and Maximum Bottom Friction |
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371 | (3) |
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10.6.3 Barotropic Pressure Gradient, Wind Stress, River Discharge and Maximum Bottom Friction |
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374 | (2) |
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10.6.4 Barotropic Pressure Gradient, River Discharge, Wind and Moderate Bottom Friction |
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10.6.5 Barotropic and Baroclinic Pressure Gradient, River Discharge, Wind Stress and Bottom Friction Proportional to the Square of the Velocity |
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380 | (1) |
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10.6.6 Vertical Salinity Profile |
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381 | (2) |
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11 Circulation and Mixing in Steady-State Models: Partially Mixed Estuary |
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11.1 Physical-Mathematical Formulation |
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387 | (6) |
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11.2 Hydrodynamic Solution: Maximum Bottom Friction |
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393 | (4) |
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11.3 Hydrodynamic Solution: Moderate Bottom Friction |
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397 | (4) |
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11.4 Theoretical Vertical Salinity Profile |
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11.5 Theoretical and Experimental Velocity and Salinity Profiles |
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11.5.1 Longitudinal and Vertical Velocity Profiles |
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11.5.2 Vertical Salinity Profile |
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406 | (3) |
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11.5.3 Validation of Experimental Velocity and Salinity Vertical Profiles |
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11.6 Hansen and Rattray's Similarity Solution |
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409 | (9) |
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11.7 Estuary Classification: Stratification-Circulation Diagram |
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418 | (3) |
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11.8 Hansen and Rattray's Velocity and Salinity Vertical Profiles: Results and Validation |
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425 | (1) |
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11.10 Secondary Circulation |
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426 | (13) |
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436 | (3) |
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12 Numerical Hydrodynamic Modelling |
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12.1 Briefy Outline on Numerical Models |
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440 | (2) |
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12.2 The Finite Difference Method |
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442 | (7) |
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12.3 Explicit and Implicit Schemes |
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12.4 The Volume Method of Finite Difference |
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453 | (3) |
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12.5 A Simple Unidimensional Numeric Model |
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12.6 The Blumberg's Bi-dimensional Model |
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12.7 Results on Numerical Modelling: Caravelas-Peruipe Rivers Estuarine System |
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