Large-scale atmosphere-ocean dynamics /
The complex flows in the atmosphere and oceans are believed to be accurately modelled by the Navier-Stokes equations of fluid mechanics together with classical thermodynamics. However, due to the enormous complexity of these equations, meteorologists and oceanographers have constructed approximate m...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
[2002]
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| Summary: | The complex flows in the atmosphere and oceans are believed to be accurately modelled by the Navier-Stokes equations of fluid mechanics together with classical thermodynamics. However, due to the enormous complexity of these equations, meteorologists and oceanographers have constructed approximate models of the dominant, large-scale flows that control the evolution of weather systems. The simplifications often result in models that are amenable to solution both analytically and numerically. This volume and its companion explain why such simplifications to Newton's second law produce accurate, useful models and, just as the meteorologist seeks patterns in the weather, mathematicians seek structure in the governing equations. They show how geometry and analysis facilitate solution strategies. -- Amazon. |
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| Item Description: | "[These] volumes are the result of the stimulus provided by the programme on The Mathematics of Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics held at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in 1996, together with a follow-up meeting there in December 1997"--Preface. |
| Physical Description: | 2 volumes : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 052180681X 9780521806817 0521807573 9780521807579 9780511549991 0511549997 |