Fundamentals of Geophysical Hydrodynamics

By Felix V. Dolzhansky

Book Overview

Preface.- Part I Main Principles and Laws of Motion of an Ideal Fluid.- Part II Quasi-geostrophic Approximations of the Equations of Motion of Rotating Barotropic and Baroclinic Fluids.- Part III Hydrodynamic Stability and Atmospheric Dynamics.- Part IV Friction in Geophysical Boundary Layers and Their Models.- Part V Mechanical Prototypes of Equations of Motion of a Rotating Stratified Fluid and a Toy Model of Atmospheric Circulation.- Part VI Appendices.- Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642440053
• ISBN13: 9783642440052
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"