Quasi-Geostrophic Theory of Oceans and Atmosphere: Topics in the Dynamics and Thermodynamics of the Fluid Earth

di Fabio Cavallini (Autore)

Fulvio Crisciani (Autore)

Springer, 2012

Large-scale winds and currents tend to balance Coriolis and pressure gradient forces. The time evolution of these winds and currents is the subject of the quasi-geostrophic theory. 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.

• Autore: Fabio Cavallini, Fulvio Crisciani
• Editore: Springer
• Collana: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library
• Anno: 2012
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 386 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9789400746909

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