Ocean Modelling for Beginners: Using Open-Source Software

ISBN-13: 9783662502334 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 175 str.

Jochen Kampf

Opis

This book introduces computer-based modeling of oceanic processes. It contains over twenty practical exercises, using freely available open-Source software, and covers a wide range of topics, from long surface waves to general wind-driven circulation.

Spis treści

Requirements.- Motivation.- Basics of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics.- Long Waves in a Channel.- 2D Shallow-Water Modelling.- Rotational Effects.

O autorze

This book offers excellent interactive learning material for undergraduate/graduate students interested in dynamical processes occurring in the ocean and the computer-based modelling thereof. Only minimum mathematical background knowledge is required and the many exercises of this book are based on freely available open-source software. Complete model codes and animation scripts are provided for each exercise.