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Atmospheric and oceanic fluid dynamics : fundamentals and large-scale circulation / Geoffrey K. Vallis, University of Exeter.
Author
Vallis, Geoffrey K.
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Second edition.
Published/Created
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017
©2017
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 946 pages) : illustrations
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Available Online
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Ocean-atmosphere interaction
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Ocean-atmosphere interaction
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Fluid dynamics
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Summary note
The atmosphere and ocean are two of the most important components of the climate system, and fluid dynamics is central to our understanding of both. This book provides a unified and comprehensive treatment of the field that blends classical results with modern interpretations. It takes the reader seamlessly from the basics to the frontiers of knowledge, from the equations of motion to modern theories of the general circulation of the atmosphere and ocean. These concepts are illustrated throughout the book with observations and numerical examples. As well as updating existing chapters, this full-color second edition includes new chapters on tropical dynamics, El Niño, the stratosphere and gravity waves. Supplementary resources are provided online, including figures from the book and problem sets, making this new edition an ideal resource for students in the atmospheric, oceanic and climate sciences, as well as in applied mathematics and engineering.
Contents
Equations of motion
Effects of rotation and stratification
Shallow water systems
Vorticity and potential vorticity
Geostrophic theory
Wave fundamentals
Gravity waves
Linear dynamics at low latitudes
Barotropic and baroclinic instability
Waves, mean-flows, and their interaction
Basics of incompressible turbulence
Geostrophic turbulence and baroclinic eddies
Turbulent diffusion and eddy transport
The overturning circulation: Hadley and Ferrel cells
Zonally-averaged mid-latitude atmospheric circulation
Planetary waves and zonal asymmetries
The stratosphere
Water vapour and the tropical atmosphere
Wind-driven gyres
Structure of upper ocean
The meridional overturning circulation and the ACC
Equatorial circulation and El Niño.
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ISBN
9781107588417 ((electronic bk.))
1107588413 ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
990033511
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