Atmospheric dynamics / Mankin Mak.

New textbook providing a self-contained course on atmospheric dynamics for advanced students and researchers.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mak, Mankin, 1939-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Fundamental concepts and physical laws
  • Basic approximations and elementary flows
  • Vorticity and potential vorticity dynamics
  • Friction and boundary layers
  • Fundamentals of wave dynamics
  • Quasi-geostrophic theory and two-layer model
  • Dynamic adjustment
  • Instability theories
  • Stationary planetary wave dynamics
  • Wave-mean flow interaction
  • Equilibration dynamics of baroclinic waves
  • Nongeostrophic dynamics
  • Appendix. Mathematical tools.