Large-Scale Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics

Numerical weather prediction is a problem of mathematical physics. The complex flows in the atmosphere and oceans are believed to be accurately modelled by the Navier-Stokes equations of fluid mechanics together with classical thermodynamics. However, due to the enormous complexity of these equations, meteorologists and oceanographers have constructed approximate models of the dominant, large-scale flows that control the evolution of weather systems...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521807573
• ISBN13: 9780521807579
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.9"