Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS
- 1 Equations of Motion
- 2 Effects of Rotation and Stratification
- 3 Shallow Water Systems and Isentropic Coordinates
- 4 Vorticity and Potential Vorticity
- 5 Simplified Equations for Ocean and Atmosphere
- Part II INSTABILITIES, WAVE-MEAN FLOW INTERACTION AND TURBULENCE
- Part III LARGE-SCALE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
- Part IV LARGE-SCALE OCEANIC CIRCULATION
- References
- Index
2 - Effects of Rotation and Stratification
from Part I - FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS
- 1 Equations of Motion
- 2 Effects of Rotation and Stratification
- 3 Shallow Water Systems and Isentropic Coordinates
- 4 Vorticity and Potential Vorticity
- 5 Simplified Equations for Ocean and Atmosphere
- Part II INSTABILITIES, WAVE-MEAN FLOW INTERACTION AND TURBULENCE
- Part III LARGE-SCALE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
- Part IV LARGE-SCALE OCEANIC CIRCULATION
- References
- Index
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- Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid DynamicsFundamentals and Large-scale Circulation, pp. 51 - 122Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006
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