Fluid Mechanics of Environmental Interfaces
An environmental interface is defined as a surface between two abiotic or biotic systems, in relative motion and exchanging mass, heat and momentum through biophysical and/or chemical processes. These processes fluctuate temporally and spatially. The book first treats exchange processes occurring at the interfaces between atmosphere and the surface of the sea, and atmosphere and land surface. These exchanges include the effect of vegetation, transport of dust and dispersion of passive...
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An environmental interface is defined as a surface between two abiotic or biotic systems, in relative motion and exchanging mass, heat and momentum through biophysical and/or chemical processes. These processes fluctuate temporally and spatially. The book first treats exchange processes occurring at the interfaces between atmosphere and the surface of the sea, and atmosphere and land surface. These exchanges include the effect of vegetation, transport of dust and dispersion of passive substances within the atmosphere. Processes at the environmental interfaces of freshwater, such as gas-transfer at free-surfaces of rivers, advective diffusion of air bubbles in turbulent water flows and boundary-layers phenomena in vegetated open channels are also described. Finally, the book deals with the phenomena that affect transport of material to and from the surface of an organism, including molecular and turbulent diffusion. The relevant issues related to mass transfer to and from benthic plants and animals are further considered in detail. The book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in environmental sciences, civil engineering and environmental engineering, (geo)physics and applied mathematics.
Preface VIIBiographies of the authors XI1 Environmental fluid mechanics: Current issues and future outlook B. Cushman-Roisin C. Gualtieri D.T. Mihailovic 1Part 1 Processes at atmospheric interfaces2 Point source atmospheric diffusion B. Rajkovic I. Arsenic Z. Grsic 173 Air-sea interaction V. Djurdjevic B. Rajkovic 494 Modelling of flux exchanges between heterogeneous surface and atmosphere D.T. Mihailvic D. Kapor 715 Desert dust uptake-transport and deposition mechanisms-impacts of dust on radiation, clouds and precipitation G. Kallos P. Katsafados 97Part 2 Processes at water interfaces6 Gas-transfer at unsheared free-surfaces C. Gualtieri G. Pulci Doria 1317 Advective diffusion of air bubbles in turbulent water flows H. Chanson 163Part 3 Processes at interfaces of biotic systems8 Transport processes in the soil-vegetation-lower atmosphere system D.T. Mihailovic 1999 Turbulence and wind above and within the forest canopy B. Lalic D.T. Mihailovic 22110 Boundary layer development over rigid submerged vegetation P. Gualtieri G. Pulci Doria 24111 Mass transport in aquatic environments G. Nishihara J. Ackerman 299Author Index 327Subject Index 329
