Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics

Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics

by Adrian E. Gill
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Publisher:
Academic Press
Genre:Science
Language: en
Published:November 28, 1982
ISBN13:9780122835223
ISBN10:0122835220

About the Book

How the Ocean : Atmosphere System Is Driven -- Transfer of Properties between Atmosphere and Ocean -- Properties of a Fluid at Rest -- Equations Satisfied by a Moving Fluid -- Adjustment under Gravity in a Nonrotating System -- Adjustment under Gravity of a Density-Stratified Fluid -- Effect of Rotation -- Gravity Waves in a Rotating Fluid -- Forced Motion -- Effects of Side Boundaries -- The Tropics -- Mid-Latitudes -- Instabilities, Fronts, and the General Circulation -- Units and Their SI Equivalents -- Useful Values -- Properties of Seawater -- Properties of Moist Air.