Fundamentals of geophysical hydrodynamics Felix V. Dolzhansky ; translated by Boris Khesin

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dolzhanskiĭ, F. V.

Contributor:

Khesin, Boris E. (Boris Emmanuel), 1932-2010, translator.

Series:

Encyclopaedia of mathematical sciences

Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences v. 103

Standardized Title:

Osnovy geofizicheskoĭ gidrodinamiki. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geophysics--Fluid models.

Geophysics.

Hydrodynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg New York Springer [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This newly-translated book takes the reader from the basic principles and conservation laws of ideal hydrodynamics to the description of general atmosphere circulation. Among the topics covered are the Kelvin, Ertel and Rossby-Obukhov invariants, quasi-geostrophic equation, thermal wind, singular Helmholtz vortices, derivation of the Navier-Stokes equation, Kolmogorov's flow, hydrodynamic stability, and geophysical boundary layers. Generalizing V. Arnold's approach to hydrodynamics, the author ingenuously brings in an analogy of Coriolis forces acting on fluid with motion of the Euler heavy to

Contents:

Preface

Part I Main Principles and Laws of Motion of an Ideal Fluid

Part II Quasi-geostrophic Approximations of the Equations of Motion of Rotating Barotropic and Baroclinic Fluids

Part III Hydrodynamic Stability and Atmospheric Dynamics

Part IV Friction in Geophysical Boundary Layers and Their Models

Part V Mechanical Prototypes of Equations of Motion of a Rotating Stratified Fluid and a Toy Model of Atmospheric Circulation

Part VI Appendices

Index

Notes:

Print version record

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Print version:

ISBN:

9783642310348

3642310346

1283740818

9781283740814

OCLC:

823383393

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