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Waves in the ocean and atmosphere: introduction to wave dynamics

By: Pedlosky, Joseph [autor].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berlin ; New York: Springer, 2003Description: 260 páginas; gráficos, 24 cm.ISBN: 3-540-00340-1.Subject(s): OCEANOGRAFÍA DINÁMICA | OLA MARINA | ATMÓSFERA | CIENCIAS DEL MARDDC classification: 551.4702/P36
Contents:
Contenido: 1. Introduction -- 2. Kinematic Generalization -- 3. Equations of Motion; Surface Gravity Waves -- 4. Fields of Motion in Gravity Waves and Energy -- 5. The Initial Value Problem -- 6. Discussion of Initial Value Problem (Continued) -- 7. Internal Gravity Waves -- 8. Internal Waves, Group Velocity and Reflection -- 9. WKB Theory for Internal Gravity Waves -- 10. Vertical Propagation of Waves: Steady Flow and the Radiation Condition -- 11. Rotation and Potential Vorticity -- 12. Large-Scale Hydrostatic Motions -- 13. Shallow Water Waves in a Rotating Fluid; Poincare and Kelvin Waves -- 14. Rossby Waves -- 15. Rossby Waves (Continued), Quasi-Geostrophy --- 16. Energy and Energy Flux in Rossby Waves -- 17. Laplace Tidal Equations and the Vertical Structure Equation -- 18. Equatorial Beta-Plane and Equatorial Waves -- 19. Stratified Quasi-Geostrophic Motion and Instability Waves -- 20. Energy Equation and Necessary Conditions for Instability -- 21. Wave-Mean Flow Interaction.
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Incluye índice: páginas 253-260.

Incluye referencias bibliográficas: páginas 249-251.

Contenido: 1. Introduction -- 2. Kinematic Generalization -- 3. Equations of Motion; Surface Gravity Waves -- 4. Fields of Motion in Gravity Waves and Energy -- 5. The Initial Value Problem -- 6. Discussion of Initial Value Problem (Continued) -- 7. Internal Gravity Waves -- 8. Internal Waves, Group Velocity and Reflection -- 9. WKB Theory for Internal Gravity Waves -- 10. Vertical Propagation of Waves: Steady Flow and the Radiation Condition -- 11. Rotation and Potential Vorticity -- 12. Large-Scale Hydrostatic Motions -- 13. Shallow Water Waves in a Rotating Fluid; Poincare and Kelvin Waves -- 14. Rossby Waves -- 15. Rossby Waves (Continued), Quasi-Geostrophy --- 16. Energy and Energy Flux in Rossby Waves -- 17. Laplace Tidal Equations and the Vertical Structure Equation -- 18. Equatorial Beta-Plane and Equatorial Waves -- 19. Stratified Quasi-Geostrophic Motion and Instability Waves -- 20. Energy Equation and Necessary Conditions for Instability -- 21. Wave-Mean Flow Interaction.

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