1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910337909403321

Autore

Røed Lars Petter

Titolo

Atmospheres and Oceans on Computers : Fundamental Numerical Methods for Geophysical Fluid Dynamics / / by Lars Petter Røed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

9783319938646

3319938649

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XX, 275 p. 43 illus., 22 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment, , 2510-1307

Disciplina

551.46

Soggetti

Oceanography

Atmospheric science

Physics

Applied mathematics

Engineering mathematics

Atmospheric Sciences

Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation

Mathematical and Computational Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Governing equations -- Preliminaries -- Time-marching problems -- The diffusion problem -- The advection problem -- The Shallow-water approximation -- Open boundary conditions -- general vertical coordinates -- Two-dimensional problems -- Advanced topics -- Appendix: Introduction to Fortran via examples.

Sommario/riassunto

This textbook introduces step by step the basic numerical methods to solve the equations governing the motion of the atmosphere and ocean, and describes how to develop a set of corresponding instructions for the computer as part of a code. Today's computers are powerful enough to allow 7-day forecasts within hours, and modern teaching of the subject requires a combination of theoretical and computational approaches. The presentation is aimed at beginning graduate students intending to become forecasters or researchers, that



is, users of existing models or model developers. However, model developers must be well versed in the underlying physics as well as in numerical methods. Thus, while some of the topics discussed in the modeling of the atmosphere and ocean are more advanced, the book ensures that the gap between those scientists who analyze results from model simulations and observations and those who work with the inner works of the model does not widen further. In this spirit, the course presents methods whereby important balance equations in oceanography and meteorology, namely the advection-diffusion equation and the shallow water equations on a rotating Earth, can be solved by numerical means with little prior knowledge. The numerical focus is on the finite-difference (FD) methods, and although more powerful methods exist, the simplicity of FD makes it ideal as a pedagogical introduction to the subject. The book also includes suitable exercises and computer problems.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911092585203321

Autore

Newcomb John Timberman

Titolo

How did poetry survive? : the making of modern American verse / / John Timberman Newcomb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012

ISBN

9780252093906

0252093909

9781283993548

1283993546

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Disciplina

811/.5209

Soggetti

American poetry - 20th century - History and criticism

Modernism (Literature) - United States

Poetry - Authorship - Psychological aspects

Poets, American - 20th century - Psychology

Social change in literature

Social conflict in literature

City and town life in literature

Technology in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. A modernism of the city -- Inventing the new verse -- American poetry on the brink, 1905-1912 -- Poetry's opening door : Harriet Monroe and American modernism -- Young, blithe, and whimsical : the avant-gardism of the masses -- There is always others : experimental verse and "ulterior social result" -- Volunteers of America, 1917 : the seven arts and the Great War -- Keys to the city -- Gutter and skyline : the new verse and the metropolitan cityscape -- Footprints of the 20th century : American skyscrapers, modern poems -- Subway fare : toward a poetics of rapid transit.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume traces the emergence of modern American poetry at the turn of the 19th century. With a particular focus on four 'little magazines', John Timberman Newcomb shows how each advanced ambitious agendas combining urban subjects, stylistic experimentation, and progressive social ideals.