by JosephPedlosky (Author)
This second edition of the widely acclaimed Geophysical Fluid Dynamics by Joseph Pedlosky offers the reader a high-level, unified treatment of the theory of the dynamics of large-scale motions of the oceans and atmosphere. Revised and updated, it includes expanded discussions of * the fundamentals of geostrophic turbulence * the theory of wave-mean flow interaction * thermocline theory * finite amplitude barocline instability.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 728
Edition: 2nd ed. 1987. Corr. 2nd printing
Publisher: Springer
Published: 25 Jan 1990
ISBN 10: 0387963871
ISBN 13: 9780387963877
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