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Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Large-scale Circulation

By Geoffrey K. Vallis

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
0521849691, 9780521849692
Open Library ID
OL7766581M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10323689 bytes)
Pages
745\773
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Науки о Земле;Метеорология и климатология

Description

Fluid dynamics is fundamental to our understanding of the atmosphere and oceans. Although many of the same principles of fluid dynamics apply to both the atmosphere and oceans, textbooks tend to concentrate on the atmosphere, the ocean, or the theory of geophysical fluid dynamics (GFD). This textbook provides a comprehensive unified treatment of atmospheric and oceanic fluid dynamics. The book introduces the fundamentals of geophysical fluid dynamics, including rotation and stratification, vorticity and potential vorticity, and scaling and approximations. It discusses baroclinic and barotropic instabilities, wave-mean flow interactions and turbulence, and the general circulation of the atmosphere and ocean. Student problems and exercises are included at the end of each chapter. Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Large-Scale Circulation will be an invaluable graduate textbook on advanced courses in GFD, meteorology, atmospheric science and oceanography, and an excellent review volume for researchers. Additional resources are available at www.cambridge.org/9780521849692.

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