Fundamentals of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

James McWilliams

266 pages, parution le 20/07/2006

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Résumé

Earth's atmosphere and oceans exhibit complex patterns of fluid motion over a vast range of space and time scales. These patterns combine to establish the climate in response to solar radiation that is inhomogeneously absorbed by the materials comprising air, water, and land. Spontaneous, energetic variability arises from instabilities in the planetary-scale circulations, appearing in many different forms such as waves, jets, vortices, boundary layers, and turbulence. Geophysical fluid dynamics (GFD) is the science of all these types of fluid motion. This textbook is a concise and accessible introduction to GFD for intermediate to advanced students of the physics, chemistry, and/or biology of Earth's fluid environment. The book was developed from the author's many years of teaching a first-year graduate course at the University of California, Los Angeles. Readers are expected to be familiar with physics and mathematics at the level of general dynamics (mechanics) and partial differential equations.

Covers the essential GFD required for atmospheric science and oceanography courses
Mathematically rigorous, concise coverage of basic theory and applications to both oceans and atmospheres
Author is a world expert; this book is based on the course he has taught for many years
Exercises are included, with solutions available to instructors from solutions@cambridge.org

Sommaire

List of symbols
Purposes and value of geophysical fluid dynamics
Fundamental dynamics
Barotropic and vortex dynamics
Rotating shallow-water and wave dynamics
Baroclinic and jet dynamics
Boundary-layer and wind-gyre dynamics

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	James McWilliams
Parution	20/07/2006
Nb. de pages	266
Format	18 x 25,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	700g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521856379
ISBN13	978-0-521-85637-9