Geophysical fluid dynamics

Author(s)

• Pedlosky, Joseph

Bibliographic Information

Geophysical fluid dynamics

Joseph Pedlosky

（Springer study edition）

Springer-Verlag, c1987

2nd ed

• : us : pbk
• : gw : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 689-703) and index

Description and Table of Contents

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

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Details

• NCID: BA60029977
• ISBN:
  • 0387963871
  • 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: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QC809.F5
  • DC19 : 551
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Fluid dynamics
  • LCSH : Geophysics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA06732661