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Lectures on geophysical fluid dynamics / Rick Salmon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Salmon, Rick.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fluid dynamics.
- Geophysics.
- Oceanography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (393 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Geophysical fluid dynamics
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Lectures on Geophysical Fluid Dynamics' offers an introduction to several topics in geophysical fluid dynamics, including the theory of large-scale ocean circulation, geostrophic turbulence, and Hamiltonian fluid dynamics. Since each chapter is a self-contained introduction to its particular topic, the book will be useful to students and researchers in diverse scientific fields.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1 Fundamentals; 2 Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; 3 Noninertial Theory of Ocean Circulation; 4 Vorticity and Turbulence; 5 Statistical Fluid Dynamics; 6 Geostrophic Turbulence; 7 Hamiltonian Fluid Dynamics; References; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-372) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-756103-9
- 1-280-52905-9
- 9786610529056
- 0-19-535532-6
- 1-4294-0436-1
- OCLC:
- 476008556
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