Interactions between waves and mean flows play a crucial role in understanding the long-term aspects of atmospheric and oceanographic modelling. Indeed, our ability to predict climate change hinges on our ability to model waves accurately. This book gives a modern account of the nonlinear interactio...

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1. Verfasser:	Bühler, Oliver (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014
Ausgabe:	Second edition
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge monographs on mechanics
Schlagworte:	Atmospheric circulation Nonlinear waves Fluid dynamics Wave-motion, Theory of Wellenbewegung Strömung Welle Wechselwirkung Strömungsmechanik Allgemeine atmosphärische Zirkulation Geophysik Nichtlineare Welle
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Zusammenfassung:	Interactions between waves and mean flows play a crucial role in understanding the long-term aspects of atmospheric and oceanographic modelling. Indeed, our ability to predict climate change hinges on our ability to model waves accurately. This book gives a modern account of the nonlinear interactions between waves and mean flows, such as shear flows and vortices. A detailed account of the theory of linear dispersive waves in moving media is followed by a thorough introduction to classical wave-mean interaction theory. The author then extends the scope of the classical theory and lifts its restriction to zonally symmetric mean flows. It can be used as a fundamental reference, a course text, or by geophysicists and physicists needing a first introduction. This second edition includes brand new material, including a section on Langmuir circulations and the Craik–Leibovich instability. The author has also added exercises to aid students' learning
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Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xvi, 360 pages)
ISBN:	9781107478701
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781107478701