Geophysical Fluid Dynamics - Understanding (Almost) Everything with Rotating Shallow Water Models

The book explains the key notions and fundamental processes in the dynamics of the fluid envelopes of the Earth (transposable to other planets), and methods of their analysis, from the unifying viewpoint of rotating shallow-water model (RSW). The model, in its one- or two-layer versions, plays a dis...

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Hlavní autor: Zeitlin, Vladimir
Médium: E-kniha Kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Oxford Oxford University Press 2018
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Vydání:1
Témata:
Earth Sciences
Earth Sciences and Geography
Fluid dynamics
Geophysics
Geophysics, Geodesy & Seismology
atmospheric and oceanic vortices
instabilities in geophysical flows
geophysical fluid dynamics
rotating shallow water
turbulence
atmospheric and oceanic modelling
oceanic and atmospheric waves
ISBN:0198804334, 9780198804338
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Shrnutí:The book explains the key notions and fundamental processes in the dynamics of the fluid envelopes of the Earth (transposable to other planets), and methods of their analysis, from the unifying viewpoint of rotating shallow-water model (RSW). The model, in its one- or two-layer versions, plays a distinguished role in geophysical fluid dynamics, having been used for around a century for conceptual understanding of various phenomena, for elaboration of approaches and methods, to be applied later in more complete models, for development and testing of numerical codes and schemes of data assimilations, and many other purposes. Principles of modelling of large-scale atmospheric and oceanic flows, and corresponding approximations, are explained and it is shown how single- and multi-layer versions of RSW arise from the primitive equations by vertical averaging, and how further time-averaging produces celebrated quasi-geostrophic reductions of the model. Key concepts of geophysical fluid dynamics are exposed and interpreted in RSW terms, and fundamentals of vortex and wave dynamics are explained in Part 1 of the book, which is supplied with exercises and can be used as a textbook.
Bibliografie:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0198804334
9780198804338
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198804338.001.0001