| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Part I. Modelling large-scale oceanic and atmospheric flows: from primitive to rotating shallow water equations and beyond. Introduction ; Primitive equations model ; Simplifying primitive equations : rotating shallow water models and their properties ; Wave motions in rotating shallow water with boundaries, topography, at the equator, and in laboratory; Getting rid of fast waves : slow dynamics ; Vortex dynamics on the f and beta plane and wave radiation by vortices ; Rotating shallow water models as quasilinear hyperbolic systems, and related numerical methods -- part II. Understanding fundamental dynamical phenomena with rotating shallow-water models. Geostrophic adjustment and wave-vortex (non)interaction ; RSW modons, and their surprising properties : RSW turbulence ; Instabilities of jets and fronts and their nonlinear evolution ; Instabilities in cylindrical geometry : vortices and laboratory flows ; Resonant wave interactions and resonant excitation of wave-guide modes ; Wave turbulence -- part III. Generalisations of standard rotating shallow-water model, and their applications. Rotating shallow-water model with horizontal density and/or temperature gradients ; Rotating shallow-water models with moist convection ; Rotating shallow-water models with full Coriolis force |
| Summary |
For the dynamics of large and medium scale motions in the oceans and the atmosphere, a simplified rotating shallow water model, obtained by vertical averaging, is used throughout the book in order to explain the fundamentals, and to give in-depth treatment of important dynamical processes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 14, 2018) |
| Subject |
Fluid dynamics.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Hydraulics.
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Fluid dynamics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192526465 |
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0192526464 |
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9780191842627 |
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0191842621 |
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