Waves in the Ocean and Atmosphere
Subtitle: Introduction to Wave Dynamics
By: by Joseph Pedlosky
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9783642055645; 9783662051313
Subjects: Oceanography; Geography
Description: Waves in the Ocean and Atmosphere presents a study of the fundamental theory of waves appropriate for first year graduate students in oceanography, meteorology and associated sciences. Starting with an elementary overview of the basic wave concept, specific wave phenomena are then examined, including: surface gravity waves, internal gravity waves, lee waves, waves in the presence of rotation, geostrophic adjustment, quasi-geostrophic waves and potential vorticity, wave-mean flow interaction and unstable waves. Each wave topic is used to introduce either a new technique or concept in general wave theory. Emphasis is placed on connectivity between the various subjects and on the physical interpretation of the mathematical results. The book contains numerous exercises at the end of the respective chapters.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Kinematic Generalization; title: Equations of Motion; title: Fields of Motion in Gravity Waves and the Energy; title: The Initial Value Problem; title: Discussion of Initial Value Problem; title: Internal Gravity Waves; title: Internal Waves, Group Velocity and Reflection; title: WKB Theory for Internal Gravity Waves; title: Vertical Propagation of Waves: Steady Flow and the Radiation Condition; title: Rotation and Potential Vorticity; title: Large Scale Hydrostatic Motions; title: Shallow Water Waves in a Rotating Fluid, Poincaré and Kelvin Waves; title: Rossby Waves; title: Rossby Waves, Quasi-Geostrophy; title: Energy and Energy Flux in Rossby Waves; title: Laplace Tidal Equations and the Vertical Structure Equation; title: Equatorial € - Plane and Equatorial Waves; title: Stratified Quasi-Geostrophic Motion and Instability Waves; title: Energy Equation and Necessary Conditions for Instability; title: Wave - Mean Flow Interaction; title: Problem Set 1-12. .