Models of Coastal Waters in Germany - Performance and Application Examples

摘要

This publication is a contribution to ICHE 2014, the 11th International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering. "Hydro-Engineering for Environmental Challenges" will be the topic with which the international scientific and professional water-related community assembled at the conference will discuss in Hamburg. In general "hydro-engineering" is regarded as the science and the associated technology of water management, the management of natural systems and of resources influenced by water-related processes. Demand for the design and development of technical and environmental measures for marine, coastal and estuarine systems has been growing worldwide, with a view to meeting and mastering present and future economic needs and environmental challenges. In the recent past, this growing demand has meant that there has also been an increasing need for work on fundamental hydraulic principles, data driven methods, process-oriented computer models and numerical techniques as well as on practical applications. Germany is no exception in this respect. This publication focuses on current research topics relating to the German coastal zone.