num_pages: 724
description: 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.
language: English
title: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
titlecomplete: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
genres: Textbooks
ratings_count: 13
publisher: Springer