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Quasi-Geostrophic Theory of Oceans and Atmosphere

Quasi-Geostrophic Theory of Oceans and Atmosphere Topics in the Dynamics and Thermodynamics of the Fluid Earth - Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library

2013rd edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

Large-scale winds and currents tend to balance Coriolis and pressure gradient forces. The time evolution of these winds and currents is the subject of the quasi-geostrophic theory.
Chapter 1 presents concepts and equations of classical inertial fluid mechanics.
Chapter 2 deals with the equations of thermodynamics that close the governing equations of the fluids. Then, the motion is reformulated in a uniformly rotating reference frame.
Chapter 3 deals with the shallow-water model and the homogeneous model of wind-driven circulation. The chapter also describes a classical application of the Ekman layer to the atmosphere.
Chapter 4 considers the two-layer model, as an introduction to baroclinic flows, together with the concept of available potential energy.
Chapter 5 takes into account continuously stratified flows in the ocean and in the atmosphere.

Book information

ISBN: 9789401781121
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Imprint: Springer
Pub date:
Edition: 2013rd edition
Language: English
Number of pages: 386
Weight: 6029g
Height: 235mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 21mm