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Record Nr.

UNINA9910832960403321

Autore

Price James F

Titolo

A Coriolis Tutorial / James F. Price

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[s.l.] : , : MIT OpenCourseWare, , 2010

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (92 p.)

Soggetti

Science / Earth Sciences

Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This essay is an introduction to rotating reference frames and to the effects of Earth's rotation on thelarge scale flows of the atmosphere and ocean. It is intended for students who are beginning aquantitative study of Earth science and geophysical fluid dynamics and who have some background inclassical mechanics and applied mathematics.