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100	1		_aCavallini, Fabio. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aQuasi-Geostrophic Theory of Oceans and Atmosphere _h[electronic resource] : _bTopics in the Dynamics and Thermodynamics of the Fluid Earth / _cby Fabio Cavallini, Fulvio Crisciani.
264		1	_aDordrecht : _bSpringer Netherlands : _bImprint: Springer, _c2013.
300			_aXIII, 385 p. 55 illus., 3 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aAtmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, _x1383-8601 ; _v45
505	0		_aBasic 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.
520			_aLarge 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.
650		0	_aGeography.
650		0	_aOceanography.
650		0	_aThermodynamics.
650	1	4	_aEarth Sciences.
650	2	4	_aOceanography.
650	2	4	_aAtmospheric Sciences.
650	2	4	_aFluid- and Aerodynamics.
650	2	4	_aThermodynamics.
700	1		_aCrisciani, Fulvio. _eauthor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9789400746909
830		0	_aAtmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, _x1383-8601 ; _v45
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4691-6
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