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Environmental Stratified Flows (Topics in Environmental Fluid Mechanics)

By Roger Grimshaw

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
0792376056, 9780792376057, 9780306480249
Open Library ID
OL18169438M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9411639 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
296\293
Topic
Geography
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Науки о Земле;Океанология (океанография)

Description

The dynamics of flows in density-stratified fluids are an important topic for scientific enquiry. Flows arise in many contexts, ranging from industrial settings to the oceanic and atmospheric environments. Both the ocean and atmosphere are characterized by the basic vertical density stratification, and this feature can affect the dynamics on all scales ranging from the micro-scale to the planetary scale. This volume provides a state-of-the-art account of stratified flows as they are relevant to the ocean and atmosphere, with a primary focus on meso-scale phenomena; that is, phenomena whose time and space scales are such that the density stratification is a dominant effect, so that frictional and diffusive effects on the one hand and the effects of the earth's rotation on the other, can be regarded as of less importance. Environmental Stratified Flows is essential to researchers in the field of oceanography, coastal and marine engineering, and environmental fluid dynamics.

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