A systematic, unifying approach to the dynamics of the ocean and atmosphere is given in this book, with emphasis on the larger-scale motions (from a few kilometers to global scale). The foundations of the subject (the equations of state and dynamical equations) are covered in some detail, so that students with training in mathematics should find it a self-contained text. Knowledge of fluid mechanics is helpful but not essential. Simple mathematical models are used to demonstrate the fundamental dynamical principles with plentiful illustrations from field and laboratory.
| ISBN: | 9780122835223 |
| Publication date: | 13th December 1982 |
| Author: | Adrian E Gill |
| Publisher: | Academic Press an imprint of Elsevier Science |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 662 pages |
| Series: | International Geophysics Series |
| Genres: |
Oceanography (seas and oceans) Physical geography and topography |