Geophysical fluid dynamics

✍ Scribed by Joseph Pedlosky

• Book ID: 127430116
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 5 MB
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library
• City: New York
• ISBN-13: 9780387963884

✦ Synopsis

This second edition of the widely acclaimed Geophysical Fluid Dynamics by Joseph Pedlosky offers the reader a high-level, unified treatment of the theory of the dynamics of large-scale motions of the oceans and atmosphere. Revised and updated, it includes expanded discussions of * the fundamentals of geostrophic turbulence * the theory of wave-mean flow interaction * thermocline theory * finite amplitude barocline instability.

From the reviews:

"The author has done a masterful job in presenting the theory with the necessary mathematical foundation, while keeping the physical aspects in clear view...it is an outstanding introduction to a complex and important subject." - GEOPHYSICS