Buoyancy-driven flows /

"This book summarizes present understanding of buoyancy-driven flows for advanced students and researchers in oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, atmospheric science, and Earth science"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Other Authors:	Chassignet, Eric P., Cenedese, Claudia, 1971-, Verron, Jacques
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Buoyant convection. Ocean circulation. Atmospheric circulation. SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography. SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology. SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Limnology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Gravity currents: theory and laboratory Paul Linden; 2. Theory of oceanic buoyancy-driven flows Joseph Pedlosky; 3. Buoyancy-forced circulation and downwelling in marginal seas Michael Spall; 4. Buoyant coastal currents Steve Lentz; 5. Overflows and convectively driven flows Sonya Legg; 6. An ocean climate modeling perspective on buoyancy-driven flows William Large; 7. Buoyancy-driven flows in eddying ocean models Anne Marie Tre;guier, Bruno Ferron, and Raphael Dussin; 8. Atmospheric buoyancy-driven flows Sylvie Malardel; 9. Volcanic flows Andy Woods; 10. Gravity flow on a steep slope Christophe Ancey.