About this book
Current sea level rise is due significantly to global warming, which will increase sea level over the coming century and longer periods. Increasing temperatures result in sea level rise by the thermal expansion of water and through the addition of water to the oceans from the melting of continental ice sheets. Values for predicted sea level rise over the course of this century typically range from 90 to 880 mm.
This book presents research data on sea level rise, coastal engineering, shorelines and tides, including the tides and topography of the Strait of Gibraltar; tidal energy use for the future and sea level variation along the Estonian coast of the Baltic Sea. Also discussed is the potential impacts of sea-level rise on the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts and coastal management of shorelines in Colombia, South America.
Contents
Preface
- The Strait of Gibraltar: Tides, Topography & Associated Biological Effects
- Tidal Energy: Potential Energy in the Future
- The Statistical Distributions of Nearbed Wave Pressure, Orbital Velocity & Wave Period in Finite Coastal Water Depth
- Sea Level Variations along the Estonian Coast of the Baltic Sea
- Potential Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on the Atlantic & the Gulf of Mexico Coast of the United States
- Shorelines in Colombia (South America)
- Intertidal Sandy Beaches
- Application of the Work-Energy Theorem for Computing Inundation from Long Gravity Waves
- Dynamical Mode Decomposition of Tidal Currents over the Main Sills of the Strait of Gibraltar
- The telluric field induced by tidal motion: a review of the Portuguese experience
- A Simulation Model for Coral Reef Formation: Reef Topographies & Growth Patterns Responding to Relative Sea-Level Histories
- Sea Level Trend Changes in the Ionian Sea in Relation to the Eastern Mediterranean Transient
- Characteristic & Moment Generating Functions of Generalised Extreme Value Distribution (GEV)
- Model-Based Clustering of Extreme Sea Level Heights
- Neural-Network Modeling & Data Analysis Techniques in Coastal Hydrodynamic Studies: A Review
Index
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