PASI Schedule
July 30-August 14, 2007. Student participants arrive by July 29, 2007.
Mornings will be dedicated to theory (except for Days 1-2). Afternoons will be dedicated to exercises/activities related to the theory.
| Day | Date | Topic | Lecturer | Detail |
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1,2 |
July 30,31
|
Salas-de-León & Cáceres (Moderators) |
10-minute presentations by partcipants
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3
|
Aug 1 |
Definition and classification of estuaries; review of conservation equations |
Valle-Levinson
|
Classification; review of conservation of momentum, salt, heat and solutes |
|
4
|
Aug 2 |
Basic hydrodynamics in estuaries |
Geyer |
Dynamic balances in estuaries (along and across) |
|
5 |
Aug 3 |
Tides in estuaries |
Friedrichs |
Tides and tidal currents in estuaries |
|
6 |
Aug 4 |
Temporal variability in estuaries |
Jay |
tidal, synoptic, fortnightly, monthly, seasonal; Hansen-Rattray diagram |
|
7 |
Aug 5 |
Spatial variability in estuaries |
Chant
|
bathymetric effects (sills and channels); longitudinal and lateral variability; curvature effects |
|
8 |
Aug 6 |
Free |
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|
9
|
Aug 7 |
Mixing in estuaries |
Monismith |
Energy equation; tidal straining |
|
10
|
Aug 8 |
Fronts in estuaries |
O’Donnell |
Different types of fronts |
|
11
|
Aug 9 |
Sediment transport in estuaries |
Sanford, Kineke |
Different contributions to fluxes |
|
12
|
Aug 10 |
Stommel transitions in estuaries |
Largier |
Inverse Estuaries
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13
|
Aug 11 |
Implications on water quality |
Castro, Lucas |
Residence Time, Pollutant transport, Hypoxia, Eutrophication |
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14
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Aug 12 |
Participants’ presentations |
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15 |
Aug 13 |
Participants’ Presentations |
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Every topic, from days 3 to 13, will cover examples in temperate estuaries, fjords and coastal lagoons. The name of the lecturer for each topic appears next to each topic.