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Atmosphere—Ocean Dynamics
About this book
Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics deals with a systematic and unified approach to the dynamics of the ocean and atmosphere. The book reviews the relationship of the ocean-atmosphere and how this system functions. The text explains this system through radiative equilibrium models; the book also considers the greenhouse effect, the effects of convection and of horizontal gradients, and the variability in radiative driving of the earth. Equations in the book show the properties of a material element, mass conservation, the balance of scalar quantity (such as salinity), and the mathematical behavior of the ocean and atmosphere. The book also addresses how the ocean-atmosphere system tends to adjust to equilibrium, both in the absence and presence of driving forces such as gravity. The text also explains the effect of the earth's rotation on the system, as well as the application of forced motions such as that produced by wind or temperature changes. The book explains tropical dynamics and the effects of variation of the Coriolis parameter with latitude. The text will be appreciated by meteorologists, environmentalists, students studying hydrology, and people working in general earth sciences.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Atmosphere–Ocean Dynamics
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. How the Ocean–Atmosphere System Is Driven
- Chapter 2. Transfer of Properties between Atmosphere and Ocean
- Chapter 3. Properties of a Fluid at Rest
- Chapter 4. Equations Satisfied by a Moving Fluid
- Chapter 5. Adjustment under Gravity in a Nonrotating System
- Chapter 6. Adjustment under Gravity of a Density-Stratified Fluid
- Chapter 7. Effects of Rotation
- Chapter 8. Gravity Waves in a Rotating Fluid
- Chapter 9. Forced Motion
- Chapter 10. Effects of Side Boundaries
- Chapter 11. The Tropics
- Chapter 12. Mid-latitudes
- Chapter 13. Instabilities, Fronts, and the General Circulation
- Appendix One: Units and Their SI Equivalents
- Appendix Two: Useful Values
- Appendix Three: Properties of Seawater
- Appendix Four: Properties of Moist Air
- Appendix Five: A List of Atlases and Data Sources
- References
- Index
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