The Theory of Large-Scale Ocean Circulation

ISBN-13: 9781107001886 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 208 str.

R M Samelson

Opis

This is a concise but comprehensive introduction to the basic elements of the theory of large-scale ocean circulation for advanced students and researchers.

Recenzje

'… provides a very nice deductive derivation of the planetary geostrophic equations using scaling analysis, and is one of the most rigorous treatments that this reviewer has seen … There is also a nice selection of exercises at the end of the book relating to each chapter, varying in degree of difficulty. Speaking as an educator, this is a useful and welcome resource for those who plan on using this book as a class text … I would recommend this book to anyone who wishes to gain an understanding of some of the fundamental ideas that underpin our current thinking about the dynamics that govern the large-scale circulation. I would also recommend it as a graduate-level text for a dynamics-based physical oceanography class.' Andrew M. Moore, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Spis treści

1. Basic physical principles and equations; 2. Reduced equations for large-scale motion; 3. Planetary geostrophic vorticity dynamics; 4. Stratified large-scale flow; 5. Circulation in a rectangular mid-latitude basin; 6. Eddy-driven subsurface motion; 7. Circumpolar flow; 8. Mid-depth meridional overturning; 9. Thermohaline effects; 10. Theory and observation.