{"product_id":"geophysical-fluid-dynamics-ii-stratified-rotating-fluid-dynamics-of-the-atmosphere-ocean-9783030749330","title":"Geophysical Fluid Dynamics II: Stratified \/ Rotating Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere--Ocean","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Emin Özsoy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Earth Sciences - Oceanography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book develops a fundamental understanding of geophysical fluid dynamics based on a mathematical description of the flows of inhomogeneous fluids. It covers these topics: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1. development of the equations of motion for an inhomogeneous fluid \u003cp\u003e2. review of thermodynamics\u003c\/p\u003e 3. thermodynamic and kinetic energy equations\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. equations of state for the atmosphere and the ocean, salt, and moisture effects\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. concepts of potential temperature and potential density\u003c\/p\u003e 6. Boussinesq and quasi-geostrophic approximations\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. conservation equations for vorticity, mechanical and thermal energy instability theories, internal waves, mixing, convection, double-diffusion, stratified turbulence, fronts, intrusions, gravity currents \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGraduate students will be able to learn and apply the basic theory of geophysical fluid dynamics of inhomogeneous fluids on a rotating earth, including: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1. derivation of the governing equations for a stratified fluid starting from basic principles of physics \u003cp\u003e2. review of thermodynamics, equations of state, isothermal, adiabatic, isentropic changes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. scaling of the equations, Boussinesq approximation, applied to the ocean and the atmosphere\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. examples of stratified flows at geophysical scales, steady and unsteady motions, inertia-gravity internal waves, quasi-geostrophic theory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. vorticity and energy conservation in stratified fluids\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.boundary layer convection in stratified containers and basins\u003c\/p\u003e ​","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45278560452759,"sku":"9783030749330","price":8079.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783030749330.webp?v=1769291296","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/geophysical-fluid-dynamics-ii-stratified-rotating-fluid-dynamics-of-the-atmosphere-ocean-9783030749330","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}