Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Large-scale Circulation by Geoffrey K. Vallis

Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Large-scale Circulation
by Geoffrey K. Vallis

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ISBN: 0521849691

ISBN-13: 9780521849692

Data published: 2006

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Description of the Book: Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Large-scale Circulation

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Fluid dynamics is fundamental to our understanding of the atmosphere and oceans. Although many of the same principles of fluid dynamics apply to both the atmosphere and oceans, textbooks tend to concentrate on the atmosphere, the ocean, or the theory of geophysical fluid dynamics (GFD). This textbook provides a comprehensive unified treatment of atmospheric and oceanic fluid dynamics. The book introduces the fundamentals of geophysical fluid dynamics, including rotation and stratification, vorticity and potential vorticity, and scaling and approximations. It discusses baroclinic and barotropic instabilities, wave-mean flow interactions and turbulence, and the general circulation of the atmosphere and ocean. Student problems and exercises are included at the end of each chapter. Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Large-Scale Circulation will be an invaluable graduate textbook on advanced courses in GFD, meteorology, atmospheric science and oceanography, and an excellent review volume for researchers. Additional resources are available at www.cambridge.org/9780521849692.

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Details of the Book: Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Large-scale Circulation

Author: Geoffrey K. Vallis

Number Of Pages: 745

Binding: Hardcover

ISBN-10: 0071499849

ISBN-13: 9780521849692

Language: English

Amazon Sales Rank: 399664

Publication Date: 2006

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Package Dimensions: 1.57 x 9.76 x 7.24 inches

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