Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics : Fundamentals and Large-Scale Circulation (Hardcover, 2 Revised edition)

Preface; Part I. Fundamentals of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: 1. Equations of motion; 2. Effects of rotation and stratification; 3. Shallow water systems; 4. Vorticity and potential vorticity; 5. Geostrophic theory; Part II. Waves, Instabilities and Turbulence: 6. Wave fundamentals; 7. Gravity waves; 8. Linear dynamics at low latitudes; 9. Barotropic and baroclinic instability; 10. Waves, mean-flows and their interaction; 11. Basics of incompressible turbulence; 12. Geostrophic turbulence and baroclinic eddies; 13. Turbulent diffusion and eddy transport; Part III. Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation: 14. The overturning circulation: Hadley and Ferrel cells; 15. Zonally averaged mid-latitude atmospheric circulation; 16. Planetary waves and zonal asymmetries; 17. The stratosphere; 18. Water vapour and the tropical atmosphere; Part IV. Large-Scale Oceanic Circulation: 19. Wind-driven gyres; 20. Structure of the upper ocean; 21. The meridional overturning circulation and the ACC; 22. Equatorial circulation and El Nino; References; Index.