Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

TRAMA

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.

SOMMARIO

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

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780387963877
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: XIV, 710 p.
• Pagine Arabe: 710
• Pagine Romane: xiv