Subject Code: CL5L416	Subject Name: Coastal Processes and Ecosystems	L-T-P: 3-0-0	Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s):
Ocean Waves: Wave properties and characteristics; The generation of deep-sea water waves by wind events; extreme values of waves; The propagation of deep-sea water waves; Wave energy and groups of waves; Wave climatology around the coast of India; Shallow water waves; Evolution of wave characteristics in shoaling water. Surf Zone and Beaches:  Breaking wave types and their relation to wave and beach environments; set-up in the surf zone; swash; rip current, undertow and long-shore drift; influence of breaking waves on sediment transport; stable beach profiles; re-shaping of beach structure in the surf zone; regional beach types. Shelf circulation: local and remote forcing; winds, tides, inertial motion; free and forced shelf waves, Kelvin waves; interaction between shelf and open ocean, jets/phenomena. Estuaries: types of estuary; estuarine classification; estuarine circulation.
Text/Reference Books: Peter Nielsen. Coastal and Estuarine Processes, World Scientific Publishing Company Daniel M.  and Alongi. Coastal Ecosystem Processes, CRC Press Laurie L. Richardson. Remote Sensing Of Aquatic Coastal Ecosystem Processes: Science And Management Applications, Springer  Tetsuo Yanagi. Coastal Oceanography, Springer