Physics of Lakes, Volume 2: Lakes as Oscillators

by Irina P. Chubarenko, Kolumban Hutter, Yongqi Wang

Book Overview

The overwhelming focus of this 2nd volume of "Physics of Lakes" is adequately expressed by its subtitle "Lakes as Oscillators". It deals with barotropic and baroclinic waves in homogeneous and stratified lakes on the rotating Earth and comprises 12 chapters, starting with rotating shallow-water waves, demonstrating their classification into gravity and Rossby waves for homogeneous and stratified water bodies. This leads to gravity waves in bounded...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642191118
• ISBN13: 9783642191114
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 646 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"