03883nam 2200673Ia 450 991043794490332120200520144314.01-283-63398-1978661394643094-007-4691-110.1007/978-94-007-4691-6(CKB)2560000000091186(EBL)994308(OCoLC)807706783(SSID)ssj0000746104(PQKBManifestationID)11429438(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000746104(PQKBWorkID)10860386(PQKB)11189303(DE-He213)978-94-007-4691-6(MiAaPQ)EBC994308(PPN)168338718(EXLCZ)99256000000009118620120822d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrQuasi-geostrophic theory of oceans and atmosphere topics in the dynamics and thermodynamics of the fluid Earth /Fabio Cavallini, Fulvio Crisciani1st ed. 2013.Dordrecht ;New York Springerc20131 online resource (394 p.)Atmospheric and oceanographic sciences library,1383-8601 ;v. 45Description based upon print version of record.94-017-8112-5 94-007-4690-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Basic continuum Mechanics -- Kinematics of continua -- Dynamics of fluids -- Basic geophysical fluid dynamics -- Constitutive equations -- Internal gravity waves in adiabatic and frictionless fluids -- Rotating flows -- Large-scale flows -- Quasi-geostrophic single-layer models -- Shallow-water model -- Homogeneous model -- Quasi-geostrophic two-layer model -- Basic QG equations for the two-layer model -- Energetics of the two-layer model -- Quasi-geostrophic models of continuously stratified flows -- QG continuously stratified flows in the ocean -- QG continuously stratified flows in the atmosphere.Large scale flows are strong movements in the atmosphere and in the oceans, governed by the balance between Coriolis and pressure gradient forces (geostrophic equilibrium). This book describes the dynamics, mechanics and thermodynamics of these winds and currents. It is written for researchers, but also accessible for students in the field, since it also gives an overview of applied quasi-geostrophic theory suitable to advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses. Chapter 1 presents concepts and equations of classical inertial fluid mechanics. Chapter 2 deals with the equations of thermodynamics that close the governing equations of the fluids. Then, the motion is reformulated in a uniformly rotating reference frame. Chapter 3 deals with the shallow-water model and the homogeneous model of wind-driven circulation. The chapter also describes a classical application of the Ekman layer to the atmosphere. Chapter 4 considers the two-layer model, as an introduction to baroclinic flows, together with the concept of available potential energy. Chapter 5 takes into account continuously stratified flows in the ocean and in the atmosphere.Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library,1383-8601 ;45GeophysicsFluid modelsFluid mechanicsOceanographyAtmospheric thermodynamicsGeophysicsFluid models.Fluid mechanics.Oceanography.Atmospheric thermodynamics.551.4Cavallini Fabio1058652Crisciani Fulvio738958MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910437944903321Quasi-geostrophic theory of oceans and atmosphere4198508UNINA