Oceanic Fronts in Coastal Processes

Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the Marine Sciences Research Center, May 25¿27, 1977
Herausgegeben:Bowman, M. J.; Esaias, W. E.

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Produktbeschreibung

On May 25, 1977 a small invited group of coastal oceanographers assembled at the Marine Sciences Research Center at Stony Brook for three days of intensive discussions in a cloistered setting. The purpose of this workshop was to "assess the state of the art, to ascertain priorities for future research and to formulate the theoretical, instrumen tal, experimental and logistical tools needed to attain those goals in the study of coastal oceanic fronts. " Although the existence of oceanic fronts has been known for a long time, ocean frontology is experiencing rapid acceleration in the emergence of new concepts and methodology. The science is developing from the descriptive phase and many unsolved problems lie in the understanding and quantification of frontal dynamics. In turn, challenging questions need to be addressed on the controlling influence of the physics of fronts on the chemistry, biology, acoustics, and suspended particulate aggregations in these zones. Coastal fronts arevery efficient at concentrating buoyant and suspended particulate matter inclUding toxic wastes; heavy metal concentrations in polluted coastal frontal zones have been measured to be as high as one to ten thousand times background. These zones are also regions of high biological productivity, and consequently frequented by both commercial and sports fishermen.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• 1978.
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 1978
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 260g
• ISBN-13: 9783540088233
• ISBN-10: 3540088237
• Artikelnr.: 36117499

Inhaltsangabe

I: Introduction and Proceedings.- 1. Introduction and Historical Perspective.- 2. Proceedings of the Workshop.- 2.1 What Is An Oceanie Front?.- 2.2 Why Are Fronts Important.- 2.3 What Are The Major Problems In Expanding Our Understanding of Coastal Fronts?.- 2.4 Where Do We Go From Here ? Some Future Goals.- 2.5 A Suggested Scenario For A Comprehensive Frontal Study.- 2.6 Some General Comments And Caveats On Sampling Strategies.- II: Contributions by Participants.- 3. Frontal Dynamics and Frontogenesis.- 4. Advection-Diffusion in the Presence of Surface Convergence.- 5. Shallow Sea Fronts Produced by Tidal Stirring.- 6. Prograde and Retrograde Fronts.- 7. Physical Aspects of the Nova Scotian Shelf-Break Fronts.- 8. Biological Aspects of the Nova Scotian Shelf-Break Fronts.- 9. Headland Fronts.- 10. Estuarine and Plume Fronts.- 11. Crossfrontal Mixing and Cabbeling.