10.18453/rosdok_id00000885 Hofmeister, Richard Richard Hofmeister http://d-nb.info/gnd/1013527089 Universität Rostock 2010 550 Earth sciences 2010 en http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00000885 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2011-0114-4 The thesis provides numerical and diagnostic techniques for studying processes in stratified coastal seas with numerical models. A method for quantifying processes of stratification and mixing in shallow seas is introduced. Furthermore, the thesis analyses discretisation errors in models of larger seas. The new numerical technique of adaptive grids is presented, which reduces discretisation errors in permanently stratified seas effectively.