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Waves in the ocean and atmosphere : introduction to wave dynamics /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pedlosky, Joseph (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2003]
Subjects:
Ocean waves.
Atmospheric waves.
Vagues.
Ondes atmosphériques.
Wellenbewegung
Meereswelle
Hydrodynamik
Atmosphäre
OCEANS.
ATMOSPHERICS.
WAVES.
OCEANOGRAPHY.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Kinematic Generalization
  • 3. Equations of Motion; Surface Gravity Waves
  • 4. Fields of Motion in Gravity Waves and Energy
  • 5. The Initial Value Problem
  • 6. Discussion of Initial Value Problem (Continued)
  • 7. Internal Gravity Waves
  • 8. Internal Waves, Group Velocity and Reflection
  • 9. WKB Theory for Internal Gravity Waves
  • 10. Vertical Propagation of Waves: Steady Flow and the Radiation Condition
  • 11. Rotation and Potential Vorticity
  • 12. Large-Scale Hydrostatic Motions
  • 13. Shallow Water Waves in a Rotating Fluid; Poincare and Kelvin Waves
  • 14. Rossby Waves
  • 15. Rossby Waves (Continued), Quasi-Geostrophy
  • 16. Energy and Energy Flux in Rossby Waves
  • 17. Laplace Tidal Equations and the Vertical Structure Equation
  • 18. Equatorial Beta-Plane and Equatorial Waves
  • 19. Stratified Quasi-Geostrophic Motion and Instability Waves
  • 20. Energy Equation and Necessary Conditions for Instability
  • 21. Wave-Mean Flow Interaction.