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Waves and mean flows / Oliver Bühler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bühler, Oliver, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge monographs on mechanics.
- Cambridge monographs on mechanics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atmospheric circulation.
- Nonlinear waves.
- Fluid dynamics.
- Wave-motion, Theory of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 341 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- Waves & Mean Flows
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Interactions between waves and mean flows play a crucial role in understanding the long-term aspects of atmospheric and oceanographic modelling. Indeed, our ability to predict climate change hinges on our ability to model waves accurately. This book gives a modern account of the nonlinear interactions between waves and mean flows such as shear flows and vortices. A detailed account of the theory of linear dispersive waves in moving media is followed by a thorough introduction to classical wave-mean interaction theory. The author then extends the scope of the classical theory and lifts its restriction to zonally symmetric mean flows. The book is a fundamental reference for graduate students and researchers in fluid mechanics, and can be used as a text for advanced courses; it will also be appreciated by geophysicists and physicists who need an introduction to this important area in fundamental fluid dynamics and atmosphere-ocean science.
- Contents:
- Elements of fluid dynamics
- Linear waves
- Geometric wave theory
- Dispersive waves and ray tracing
- Zonally symmetric wave-mean interaction theory
- Internal gravity waves
- Shear flows
- Three-dimensional rotating flow
- Rossby waves and balanced dynamics
- Lagrangian-mean theory
- Zonally symmetric GLM theory
- A framework for local interactions
- Wave-driven vortex dynamics on beaches
- Wave refraction by vortices.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-139-63744-4
- 1-107-19711-2
- 1-282-31797-0
- 9786612317972
- 0-511-60489-0
- 0-511-60457-2
- 0-511-60379-7
- 0-511-60519-6
- 0-511-60549-8
- 0-511-60301-0
- OCLC:
- 609845681
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