Waves and Mean Flows
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- Author: Oliver Bühler, New York University
- Date Published: November 2009
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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. The book is a fundamental reference for graduate students and researchers in fluid mechanics, and can be used as a text for advanced courses; it will also be appreciated by geophysicists and physicists who need an introduction to this important area in fundamental fluid dynamics and atmosphere-ocean science.
Read more- Allows other branches of fluid dynamics to learn from recent advances in atmosphere ocean sciences
- Contains material that is accessible to advanced undergraduate students as well as professional researchers
- Its focus on fundamental fluid dynamics makes this book relevant to many areas of physics, including acoustics and plasma physics
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'Bühler's well-organized textbook is excellent in all the most important ways … Waves and Mean Flows presents its readers with a clearly written text that is comfortable to read.' Physics Today
See more reviews'… this text is … the best existing source for a comprehensive introduction to the GLM theory. Many important concepts, such as the development of Lagrangian-mean divergence in divergence-free Eulerian flows, are explained with clarity, often through the use of elegant examples.' R. M. Samelson, Oregon State University
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- Date Published: November 2009
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511601958
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Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. Fluid Dynamics and Waves:
1. Elements of fluid dynamics
2. Linear waves
3. Geometric wave theory
4. Dispersive waves and ray tracing
Part II. Wave–Mean Interaction Theory:
5. Zonally symmetric wave–mean interaction theory
6. Internal gravity waves
7. Shear flows
8. Three-dimensional rotating flow
9. Rossby waves and balanced dynamics
10. Lagrangian-mean theory
11. Zonally symmetric GLM theory
Part III. Waves and Vortices:
12. A framework for local interactions
13. Wave-driven vortex dynamics on beaches
14. Wave refraction by vortices
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