Topics in the Dynamics and Thermodynamics of the Fluid Earth
by
Fabio Cavallini, Fulvio Crisciani
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2012
Large-scale winds and currents tend to balance Coriolis and pressure gradient forces. The time evolution of these winds and currents is the subject of the quasi-geostrophic theory.
Chapter 1 presents concepts and equations of classical inertial fluid mechanics.
Chapter 2 deals with the equations of...