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Quasi-geostrophic theory of oceans and atmosphere
Large-scale winds and currents tend to balance Coriolis and pressure gradient forces. The time evolution of these winds and currents is the subject of the quasi-geostrophic theory. Chapter 1 presents concepts and equations of classical inertial fluid mechanics. Chapter 2 deals with the equations of...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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Dordrecht ; New York :
Springer,
c2013.
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| Series: | Atmospheric and oceanographic sciences library,
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| Summary: | Large-scale winds and currents tend to balance Coriolis and pressure gradient forces. The time evolution of these winds and currents is the subject of the quasi-geostrophic theory. Chapter 1 presents concepts and equations of classical inertial fluid mechanics. Chapter 2 deals with the equations of thermodynamics that close the governing equations of the fluids. Then, the motion is reformulated in a uniformly rotating reference frame. Chapter 3 deals with the shallow-water model and the homogeneous model of wind-driven circulation. The chapter also describes a classical application of the Ekma --Page 4 of cover. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 385 p. : ill. ; |
| ISBN: | 9789400746909 (cased) 9400746903 (cased) |