Quasi-Geostrophic Theory of Oceans and Atmosphere (Record no. 99452)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789400746916
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024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1007/978-94-007-4691-6
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Classification number GC1-1581
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Subject category code RBKC
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Subject category code SCI052000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 551.46
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Cavallini, Fabio.
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Quasi-Geostrophic Theory of Oceans and Atmosphere
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title Topics in the Dynamics and Thermodynamics of the Fluid Earth /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Fabio Cavallini, Fulvio Crisciani.
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Extent XIII, 385 p. 55 illus., 3 illus. in color.
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Series statement Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library,
International Standard Serial Number 1383-8601 ;
Volume number/sequential designation 45
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Basic continuum Mechanics -- Kinematics of continua -- Dynamics of fluids -- Basic geophysical fluid dynamics -- Constitutive equations -- Internal gravity waves in adiabatic and frictionless fluids -- Rotating flows -- Large-scale flows -- Quasi-geostrophic single-layer models -- Shallow-water model -- Homogeneous model -- Quasi-geostrophic two-layer model -- Basic QG equations for the two-layer model -- Energetics of the two-layer model -- Quasi-geostrophic models of continuously stratified flows -- QG continuously stratified flows in the ocean -- QG continuously stratified flows in the atmosphere.
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Summary, etc Large scale flows are strong movements in the atmosphere and in the oceans, governed by the balance between Coriolis and pressure gradient forces (geostrophic equilibrium). This book describes the dynamics, mechanics and thermodynamics of these winds and currents. It is written for researchers, but also accessible for students in the field, since it also gives an overview of applied quasi-geostrophic theory suitable to advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses. Chapter 1 presents concepts and equations of classical inertial fluid mechanics. Chapter 2 deals with the equations of thermodynamics that close the governing equations of the fluids. Then, the motion is reformulated in a uniformly rotating reference frame. Chapter 3 deals with the shallow-water model and the homogeneous model of wind-driven circulation. The chapter also describes a classical application of the Ekman layer to the atmosphere. Chapter 4 considers the two-layer model, as an introduction to baroclinic flows, together with the concept of available potential energy. Chapter 5 takes into account continuously stratified flows in the ocean and in the atmosphere.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Geography.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Oceanography.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Thermodynamics.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Earth Sciences.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Oceanography.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Atmospheric Sciences.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Fluid- and Aerodynamics.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Thermodynamics.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Crisciani, Fulvio.
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9789400746909
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Uniform title Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library,
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Volume number/sequential designation 45
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4691-6
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