1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996466695703316

Titolo

Fronts, Waves and Vortices in Geophysical Flows [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jan-Bert Flor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2010

ISBN

1-280-01164-5

9786613513038

3-642-11587-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2010.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 192 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 805

Disciplina

550

Soggetti

Geophysics

Fluids

Fluid mechanics

Oceanography

Environmental sciences

Atmospheric sciences

Geophysics/Geodesy

Fluid- and Aerodynamics

Engineering Fluid Dynamics

Environmental Physics

Atmospheric Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dynamics of Vortices in Rotating and Stratified Fluids -- Stability of Quasi-Two-Dimensional Vortices -- Oceanic Vortices -- Lagrangian Dynamics of Fronts, Vortices and Waves: Understanding the (Semi-)geostrophic Adjustment -- Wave–Vortex Interactions.

Sommario/riassunto

Most well known structures in planetary atmospheres and the Earth’s oceans are jets or fronts interacting with vortices on a wide range of scales. The transition from one state to another, such as in unbalanced or adjustment flows, involves the generation of waves as well as the interaction of coherent structures with these waves. This book presents



a fluid mechanics perspective to the dynamics of fronts and vortices and their interaction with waves in geophysical flows. It provides a basic physical background for modeling coherent structures in a geophysical context, and it gives essential information on advanced topics such as spontaneous wave emission and wavemomentum transfer in geophysical flows. Based on a set of lectures by leading specialists, this text is targeted at graduate students, researchers and engineers in geophysics and environmental fluid mechanics.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910495892303321

Autore

Kinoshita Yasuhito

Titolo

Refuge of the Honored : Social Organization in a Japanese Retirement Community / / Christie W. Kiefer, Yasuhito Kinoshita

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1992]

©1992

ISBN

9780520911789

0520911784

9780585102948

0585102945

Edizione

[Reprint 2019]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 220 p. ) : ill. ;

Disciplina

305.26/0952

Soggetti

Retirement communities - Japan - Case studies

Retirees - Japan - Attitudes - Case studies

Older people - Japan - Attitudes - Case studies

Retirement communities - Attitudes - Japan

Retirees - Attitudes - Japan

Older people - Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Scholarly Context of the Study -- 3. Demography and Income -- 4. Consequences of Social Change -- 5. Welfare Homes for the Aged and Emerging Retirement Communities --



6. The Setting and the System -- 7. The Residents -- 8. Management and Residents: Communication Failure -- 9. The Residents Association -- 10. Group and Individual Activities -- 11. Patterns of Social Interaction -- 12. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Faced with the decline of the traditional family and the explosive growth of the over-65 population, the Japanese are looking for new ways to care for their elders. This study documents the birth of a major social phenomenon in Japan - the planned retirement community.