Geophysical fluid dynamics

Author(s)

• Pedlosky, Joseph

Bibliographic Information

Geophysical fluid dynamics

Joseph Pedlosky

Springer-Verlag, c1987

2nd ed

• : us : hard
• : us : pbk
• : gw : hard
• : gw : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 689-703

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: us : pbk ISBN 9780387963877

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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

Volume

: us : hard ISBN 9780387963884

Description

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. From the reviews: "The author has done a masterful job in presenting the theory with the necessary mathematical foundation, while keeping the physical aspects in clear view...it is an outstanding introduction to a complex and important subject." GEOPHYSICS

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA00694504
• ISBN:
  • 038796388X
  • 0387963871
  • 354096388X
  • 3540963871
• LCCN: 86013941
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 710 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QC809.F5
  • DC19 : 551
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Fluid dynamics
  • LCSH : Geophysics