Quasi-Geostrophic Theory of Oceans and Atmosphere : Topics in the Dynamics and Thermodynamics of the Fluid Earth /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Series: | Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library,
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Table of Contents:
- 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.