Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Joseph Pedlosky (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

710 Seiten

1990 | Second Edition 1987
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
9780387963877 (ISBN)

Infos

This second edition of the widely acclaimed Geophysical Fluid Dynamics by Joseph Pedlosky offers the reader a high-level, unified treatment of the theory of the dynamics of large-scale motions of the oceans and atmosphere. Revised and updated, it includes expanded discussions of * the fundamentals of geostrophic turbulence * the theory of wave-mean flow interaction * thermocline theory * finite amplitude barocline instability.

Inhalt

Preliminaries * Fundamentals * Inviscid Shallow-Water Theory * Friction and Viscous Flow * Homogeneous Models of the Wind-Driven Oceanic Circulation * Quasigeostrophic Motion of a Stratified Fluid on a Sphere * Instability Theory * Ageostrophic Motion

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: XIV, 710 p.
• Verlagsort: New York, NY
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 155 x 235 mm
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
• ISBN-13: 9780387963877 / 9780387963877
• Zustand: Neuware