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Atmospheric and oceanic fluid dynamics : fundamentals and large-scale circulation /
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2017.
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Fundamentals of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: 1. Equations of motion
- 2. Effects of rotation and stratification
- 3. Shallow water systems
- 4. Vorticity and potential vorticity
- 5. Geostrophic theory
- Part II. Waves, Instabilities and Turbulence: 6. Wave fundamentals
- 7. Gravity waves
- 8. Linear dynamics at low latitudes
- 9. Barotropic and baroclinic instability
- 10. Waves, mean-flows and their interaction
- 11. Basics of incompressible turbulence
- 12. Geostrophic turbulence and baroclinic eddies
- 13. Turbulent diffusion and eddy transport
- Part III. Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation: 14. The overturning circulation : Hadley and Ferrel cells
- 15. Zonally averaged mid-latitude atmospheric circulation
- 16. Planetary waves and zonal asymmetries
- 17. The stratosphere
- 18. Water vapour and the tropical atmosphere
- Part IV. Large-Scale Oceanic Circulation: 19. Wind-driven gyres
- 20. Structure of the upper ocean
- 21. The meridional overturning circulation and the ACC
- 22. Equatorial circulation and El Niño.