Nonlinear phenomena in atmospheric and oceanic sciences /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Carnevale, George F., Pierrehumbert, Raymond T.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer-Verlag, [1992]
Series:IMA volumes in mathematics and its applications ; v. 40.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Problems and phenomenology in two-dimensional turbulence / G.K. Vallis
  • Spectra of tracer distributions : a geometric approach / R.T. Pierrehumbert
  • The dynamics associated with the chaotic tangles of two dimensional quasiperiodic vector fields : theory and applications / Darin Beigie, Anthony Leonard and Stephen Wiggins
  • Infinitely conducting dynamos and other horrible eigenproblems / B.J. Bayly
  • A note on recent experiments with Rossby waves on eastward jets / L.M. Polvani and Jihad Touma
  • Arnol'd stability applied to fluid flow : successes and failures / Theodore G. Shepherd
  • The search for simplified models of two-dimensional, structured turbulence / James C. McWilliams and Jeffrey B. Weiss
  • Conformal transforms and dynamics of two-dimensional vortices / Bernard Legras and David G. Dritschel
  • Breaking internal waves over isolated topography / W.R. Peltier and J.F. Scinocca.