Fluid Mechanics of Environmental Interfaces

Fluid Mechanics of Environmental Interfaces describes the concept of the environmental interface, defined as a surface between two either abiotic or biotic systems. These are in relative motion and exchange mass, heat and momentum through biophysical and/or chemical processes. These processes are fluctuating temporally and spatially. The book first treats exchange processes occurring at the interfaces between atmosphere and sea, atmosphere and land surface, including the effect of vegetation, transport of dust and dispersion of passive substances within the atmosphere. Also, processes at the environmental interfaces within 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 considered. Finally, the books 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, PhD students as well as researchers in environmental sciences, civil engineering and environmental engineering, (geo)physics and applied mathematics.Gualtieri, Carlo is the author of 'Fluid Mechanics of Environmental Interfaces' with ISBN 9780415446693 and ISBN 0415446694.