W62- Coastal Oceanography & Neashore processes

W62

Coastal Oceanography and Nearshore Processes

ECTS

5

Specialities

HO

Keywords

Coastal oceanography, Storm surge, Tidal inlets, Tide, tsunami, swell, wave-induced currents

Description

This course is designed to bring a basic understanding of the nearshore hydrodynamics. The main modelling approaches will be described and an overview of modern instrument techniques will be presented.

Coordinator

Dr Xavier Bertin, CNRS, Univ. La Rochelle, xavier.bertin@univ-lr.fr

Dr. Alexei Sentchev, Univ. Littorale Côte d’Opale (ULCO), Alexei.Sentchev@univ-littoral.fr

Lectures

Coastal and shallow water hydrodynamics: shallow water equations, nearshore water dynamics, wind induced currents, Ekman layers in stratified waters, tidal circulation on a continental shelf, river plumes. Principle of monitoring of coastal water circulation: underway velocity measurements; surface wave and current measurements by ocean radars; current measurements from space. Practicals: current mapping by towed ADCP in an estuary. (25 h course, tutorials, practicals; instructor: A. Sentchev).

Storm surge, wave setup, flooding, tidal inlets dynamics (20-25h course and tutorials, X. Bertin)

Instructors

Dr Xavier Bertin, CNRS, Univ. La Rochelle

Dr. Alexei Sentchev, Univ. Littorale Côte d’Opale (ULCO), Alexei.Sentchev@univ-littoral.fr

Vu Duy Vinh, VAST, Inst. Marine Environment & Resources (IMER), Haiphong

Control

examination