Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

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.

• Geophysics
• atmosphere
• dynamics
• flow
• fluid dynamics
• geophysics
• ocean
• Scale
• stability
• turbulence
• fluid- and aerodynamics
• marine and freshwater sciences

From the reviews
"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)

• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

  Joseph Pedlosky

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