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020			_a9780198804338
040			_aICTS-TIFR
050			_aQC809.F5
100			_aZeitlin, Vladimir
245			_aGeophysical fluid dynamics _b: understanding (almost) everything with rotating shallow water models
250			_a1st Ed.
260			_bOxford University Press, _aOxford, U.K.: _cc2018
300			_axix, 488 p.
520			_aGeophysical fluid dynamics examines the dynamics of stratified and turbulent motion of fluids in the ocean and outer core, and of gases in the atmosphere. This book explains key notions and fundamental processes of the dynamics of large- and medium-scale atmospheric and oceanic motions from the unifying viewpoint of the rotating shallow water model. The model plays a distinguished role in geophysical fluid dynamics. It has been used for about a century for conceptual understanding of various phenomena, for elaboration of approaches and methods to be used later in more complete models, for the development and testing of numerical codes, and for many other purposes. In spite of its simplicity, the model grasps essential features of the complete "primitive equations" models, being their vertically averaged version, and gives an intuitive representation and clear vision of principal dynamical processes. This book is a combination of a course on geophysical fluid dynamics (Part 1), with explanations and illustrations of fundamentals, and problems, as well as a more advanced treatise of a range of principal dynamical phenomena (Part 2), including recently arisen approaches and applications (Part 3). Mathematics and physics underlying dynamical phenomena are explained, with necessary demonstrations. Yet, an important goal of the book is to develop the reader's physical intuition and qualitative insights. (source: Nielsen Book Data; retrieved from Stanford libraries catalog)
650			_aFluid dynamics
650			_aGeophysics
942			_2lcc _cBK
999			_c3213 _d3213