Overview
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 interactions * thermocline theory * finite amplitude barocline instability.
- | Author: Joseph Pedlosky
- | Publisher: Springer
- | Publication Date: Jan 25, 1990
- | Number of Pages: 710 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0387963871
- | ISBN-13: 9780387963877
