Waves and mean flows

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Waves and mean flows

Oliver Bühler

Cambridge University Press, 2009

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

"Cambridge monographs on mechanics" on jacket

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Interactions between waves and mean flows play a crucial role in understanding the long-term aspects of atmospheric and oceanographic modelling. Indeed, our ability to predict climate change hinges on our ability to model waves accurately. This book gives a modern account of the nonlinear interactions between waves and mean flows such as shear flows and vortices. A detailed account of the theory of linear dispersive waves in moving media is followed by a thorough introduction to classical wave-mean interaction theory. The author then extends the scope of the classical theory and lifts its restriction to zonally symmetric mean flows. The book is a fundamental reference for graduate students and researchers in fluid mechanics, and can be used as a text for advanced courses; it will also be appreciated by geophysicists and physicists who need an introduction to this important area in fundamental fluid dynamics and atmosphere-ocean science.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Part I. Fluid Dynamics and Waves: 1. Elements of fluid dynamics
  • 2. Linear waves
  • 3. Geometric wave theory
  • 4. Dispersive waves and ray tracing
  • Part II. Wave-Mean Interaction Theory: 5. Zonally symmetric wave-mean interaction theory
  • 6. Internal gravity waves
  • 7. Shear flows
  • 8. Three-dimensional rotating flow
  • 9. Rossby waves and balanced dynamics
  • 10. Lagrangian-mean theory
  • 11. Zonally symmetric GLM theory
  • Part III. Waves and Vortices: 12. A framework for local interactions
  • 13. Wave-driven vortex dynamics on beaches
  • 14. Wave refraction by vortices
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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