TY - CHAP AU - AntoĢnio A.L.S. Duarte ED - Harry Edmar Schulz ED - André Luiz Andrade Simões ED - Raquel Jahara Lobosco Y1 - 2012-01-05 PY - 2012 T1 - A Hydroinformatic Tool for Sustainable Estuarine Management N2 - The knowledge of the characteristics of the fluids and their ability to transport substances and physical properties is relevant for us. However, the quantification of the movements of fluids is a complex task, and when considering natural flows, occurring in large scales (rivers, lakes, oceans), this complexity is evidenced. This book presents conclusions about different aspects of flows in natural water bodies, such as the evolution of plumes, the transport of sediments, air-water mixtures, among others. It contains thirteen chapters, organized in four sections: Tidal and Wave Dynamics: Rivers, Lakes and Reservoirs, Tidal and Wave Dynamics: Seas and Oceans, Tidal and Wave Dynamics: Estuaries and Bays, and Multiphase Phenomena: Air-Water Flows and Sediments. The chapters present conceptual arguments, experimental and numerical results, showing practical applications of the methods and tools of Hydrodynamics. BT - Hydrodynamics SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/26004 DO - 10.5772/26004 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -