Topics we covered in this class so far are:

1- intro to estuaries (what and why pdf file)
2- water properties and eastuarine classifications (attached above)
3- mass and momentum conservation (Tritton, pp 48-72) I will also share a pdf copy of a text book if you don't have it.
4- Turbulent mixing

Required Text or Other Materials:

1- Estuaries, Dynamics, Mixing, Sedimentation and Morphology, D. Prandle, Cambridge University Press, 2009 Contemporary Issues in Estuarine Physics, A. Valle-Levinson, Ed., Cambridge University Press, 2010

2-Physical Fluid Dynamics, D. J. Tritton, Oxford Science Publications, 1988

3- Estuaries: A Physical Introduction, 2nd Edition, K. R. Dyer, Wiley, 1997

4- Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, B. Cushman-Roisin, 1994, Prentice-Hall Waves, Tides and Shallow-Water Process, Open University

5- Descriptive Physical Oceanography, G. L. Pickard and W. J. Emery, Butterworth-Heineman, 1996

6- An Introduction to Tides, T. Gerkema, Cambridge University, 2019

7- Div, Grad, Curl and all That, H. M. Schey, Norton, 1973

8- A Student’s Guide to Geophysical Equations, W. Lowrie, Cambridge, 2011