Transport Processes in Lakes and Oceans

by R. Gibbs (Editor)

Overview

The Eighty-Second National Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from August 29 through September 1, 1976, had as one of its themes the topic of transport processes. One of the sessions related to this theme was "Transport Processes in the Oceans" chaired by R. P. Shaw and R. J. Gibbs. This session was devoted to the study of transport processes and their hydrodynamic modeling in large water bodies such as oceans and lakes; transport of both dissolved and solid material was considered. The interest developed at the session led to the conclu­ sion that the papers presented there should be published as a set rather than dispersed among the various technical journals that rep­ resent the wide variety of technical affiliations of the authors. This variety, in fact, is typical of this particular field with con­ tributors identified as chemical engineers, civil engineers, environ~ mental engineers, mechanical engineers, oceanographers and applied mechanicians to name just a few. Such an interdisciplinary area re­ quires more effort in keeping abreast of developments than do the traditional areas, since new material may be developed and presented in a wide range of technical journals and professional meetings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781468427622
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	04/24/2012
Series:	Marine Science
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Transport Processes in Lakes and Oceans.- Solid-Solution Interface: Its Role in Regulating the Chemical Composition of Natural Waters.- Transverse Currents in the St. Lawrence Estuary: A Theoretical Treatment.- Advective Transport Processes Related to the Design of Wastewater Outfalls for the New Jersey Coast.- Phosphorus Transport in Lake Erie.- Oxygen Transfer at the Air-Water Interface.- Dissipative Physico-Chemical Transport in the Pycnocline Region of the Ocean.- A Hydrodynamic Model for the Transport of a Conservative Pollutant.- Relationship of Vertical Transport across the Thermocline to Oxygen and Phosphorus Regimes: Lake Ontario as a Prototype.- Surface Heat Exchange and Hydrothermal Analysis.- Dispersion of Pollutants in Open-Channel Laminar Flow.- Momentum Transfer at the Air-Water Interface.- List of Contributors.