Air and water: trade winds, hurricanes, Gulf Stream, tsunamis and other striking phenomena
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| adam_text | Prologue.. v
1. The atmosphère ai rest........
1. Structure of the atmosphère...
2. Composition of the atmosphère.....
3. Propagation of waves in the atmosphère
3.1. Sound.........................
3.2. Light.........................
4. Heat exchange through the atmosphère.
Conclusion...........................
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2. The atmosphere in movement...........................................33
1. Large-scale circulation within the atmosphere........................35
1.1. The trade winds, the Hadley cell, and the subtropical jet stream.35
1.2. Polar cells, Ferrel cell, and the polar jet stream...............41
2. Low-pressure zones and cyclones......................................43
2.1. Formation and direction of rotation of atmospheric low-pressure zones. . . .43
2.2. Quasi-two-dimensional structure of low-pressure zones............51
2.3. Trajectory and energy of depressions.............................56
3. Periodic phenomena in the atmosphere.................................60
3.1. Monsoons .........................................................60
3.2. The Walker cell...................................................62
3.3. Thermal winds, katabatic winds, and anabatic winds................62
3.4. Dappled skies and lee waves.......................................66
Conclusion..............................................................68
3. The vagaries of the atmosphere......................................69
1. Birth and evolution of thunderstorms and tornados....................71
1.1. Dynamics of thunderstorm formation................................71
1.2. Tornado formation............................................... 74
2. Sonic and luminal signatures of thunderstorms........................80
2.1. Lightning.........................................................80
2.2. Thunder...........................................................85
2.3. The lights of the upper atmosphere.............................. 86
2.4. Rainbows..........................................................88
3. The various precipitations.............
4. How are weather forecasts produced?
Conclusion................................
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1. Lift and drag...........................................................101
1.1. Lift explained by pressure forces.................................101
1.2. Formation of vortices around a wing in flight.....................104
2. Why are airplanes so noisy?............................................110
3. Shock wave and sound barrier...........................................113
Conclusion.................................................................116
5. The tranquil sea..................................................... -11?
1. The sea at rest...... ..................................................119
1.1. A first panoramic glimpse..........................................119
1.2. Pressure, temperature, and salinity of seawater...................122
1.3. The sea is neither flat nor round.................................126
2. Sound and light in seawater............................................129
3. The remarkable stability of ships.......................................131
4. Global circulation in the oceans........................................134
Conclusion.................................................................139
6. The sea that cue see dancing .......................................... 141
1. The tides...............................................................143
2. The El Nino phenomenon .................................................148
3. Swells and waves........................................................151
3.1. How and why do waves propagate?....................................151
3.2. The surprising variety of waves....................................155
3.3. Ripples and convective instabilities under ice floe................161
Conclusion.................................................................163
7. Rivers and streams........................................-............165
1. The main properties of the great rivers.................................167
1.1. Length, depth, and speed distribution..............................167
1.2. Uniform regime.....................................................169
1.3. Nonuniform regimes.................................................171
2. Curves and meanders.....................................................177
3. Waterfalls and cascades.................................................180
Conclusion.................................................................181
1. From marshes to hydroelectric reservoirs...............................185
2. Large dams: stability and conforming to site. ................... .190
3. Management of large rivers.............................................195
4. General structure of a hydroelectric facility..........................198
4.1. High-hydraulic head in mountainous regions .......................198
4.2. Medium hydraulic head.............................................201
4.3. Facilities with small hydraulic heads.............................202
4.4. Other types of facilities.........................................204
5. Large port facilities ................................................204
Conclusion........................................................... 207
Epilogue. ................................................... 209
1. What worries, and on what are they based?..............................211
1.1. Air pollution . ..................................................212
1.2. Marine pollution............................................. 214
1.3. Freshwater resources...............................................215
2. To conclude our journey................................................216
Appendix ~ Instabilities and turbulence. 219
1. Sudden appearance of movement.......................................... 221
1.1. Rayleigh-Bénard instability .......................................221
1.2. Rayleigh-Taylor instability........................................225
2. Sheared interfaces: the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability...................227
3. Other common vortex structures.........................................230
4. Transition toward turbulence . ........................................233
4.1. Appearance of turbulence in unconfined flows......................233
4.2. Transition toward turbulence in duct flows........................235
4.3. Other ways to generate turbulence.................................236
5. Fully developed turbulence............................................ 237
5.1. Turbulence in the most common flows...............................237
5.2. Large-scale atmospheric turbulence............................... 238
5.3. Inverse energy cascade in two-dimensional turbulence...............241
Conclusion.................................................................243
Glossary ........................................................... 245
Index .................................................................. 263
Air and Water
Trade Winds, Hurricanes, Gulf Stream,
Tsunamis and Other Striking Phenomena
René MOREAU
Air and water are so familiar that we all think we know them. Yet how difficult
it remains to predict their behavior, with so many questions butting against
the limits of our knowledge. How are cyclones, tornadoes, thunderstorms,
tsunamis or floods generated — sometimes causing devastation and death?
What will the weather be tomorrow, next week, next summer? This book
brings some answers to these questions with a strategy of describing before
explaining. Starting by considering air and water in equilibrium (i.e.. at rest),
it progresses to discuss dynamic phenomena first focusing on large scale
structures, such as El Nino or trade winds, then on ever smaller structures,
such as low-pressure zones in the atmosphere, clouds, rain, as well as tides
and waves. It finishes by describing man-made constructions (dams, ports,
power plants, etc.) that serve to domesticate our water resources and put
them to work for us.
Including over one hundred illustrations and very few equations, most of the
text is accessible to readers with no more than high-school science and who
are at ease with quantities such as the temperature of a fluid or the pressure
within such a medium. Beyond the primary audience of engineers, teachers,
and students, the book is thus also addressed to walkers, hikers, navigators,
and all nature lovers.
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