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Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

  • Textbook
  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Joseph Pedlosky

    1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Preliminaries

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    Pages 1-21

  3. Fundamentals

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    Pages 22-56

  4. Inviscid Shallow-Water Theory

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    Pages 57-178

  5. Friction and Viscous Flow

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    Pages 179-253

  6. Homogeneous Models of the Wind-Driven Oceanic Circulation

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    Pages 254-335

  7. Quasigeostrophic Motion of a Stratified Fluid on a Sphere

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    Pages 336-489

  8. Instability Theory

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    Pages 490-623

  9. Ageostrophic Motion

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    Pages 624-688

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 689-710
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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.

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"The author has done a masterful job in presenting the theory with the necessary mathematical foundation, while keeping the physical aspects in clear view ... it is an outstanding introduction to a complex and important subject." (GEOPHYSICS)

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  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

    Joseph Pedlosky

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