Waves and mean flows
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Waves and mean flows
（Cambridge monographs on mechanics）
Cambridge University Press, 2014
2nd ed
- : pbk
Available at 14 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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. It can be used as a fundamental reference, a course text, or by geophysicists and physicists needing a first introduction. This second edition includes brand new material, including a section on Langmuir circulations and the Craik-Leibovich instability. The author has also added exercises to aid students' learning.
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
- References
- Index.
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