Quasi-Geostrophic Theory of Oceans and Atmosphere : Topics in the Dynamics and Thermodynamics of the Fluid Earth - Cavallini, Fabio; Crisciani, Fulvio; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
Basic continuum Mechanics -- Kinematics of continua -- Dynamics of fluids -- Basic geophysical fluid dynamics -- Constitutive equations -- Internal gravity waves in adiabatic and frictionless fluids -- Rotating flows -- Large-scale flows -- Quasi-geostrophic single-layer models -- Shallow-water model -- Homogeneous model -- Quasi-geostrophic two-layer model -- Basic QG equations for the two-layer model -- Energetics of the two-layer model -- Quasi-geostrophic models of continuously stratified flows -- QG continuously stratified flows in the ocean -- QG continuously stratified flows in the atmosphere.
Keywords: Oceanography; Atmospheric sciences; Fluids; Thermodynamics; Oceanography; Atmospheric Sciences; Fluid- and Aerodynamics; Thermodynamics