Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780387963877)

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
ISBN-10: 0387963871
ISBN-13: 9780387963877
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 01/25/1990
Pages: 710
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.21lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.21w x 1.31d