PHY 580 - Coastal and Estuarine Systems

Credits: 3

(480) Prerequisite: PHY 475 or PHY 575. An introduction to the physical processes operating within coastal and estuarine systems. The focus of the course will be on the dynamical description of topics such as gravity waves, surf zone hydrodynamics, storm surge, tides, estuarine hydraulics, sediment transport and morphodynamics.