Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

INTRODUCTION TO GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS

Physical and Numerical Aspects

Benoit Cushman-Roisin
Thayer School of Engineering
Dartmouth College

Jean-Marie Beckers
Départment d'Astrophysique, Géophysique et Océanographie
Université de Liège

To be published by Academic Press. Publication date: September 2010. To order go here

Title (final version)
Table of Contents (31 August 2009)
Preface and Foreword (31 August 2009)

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PART I. FUNDAMENTALS

Chapter 1: Introduction (31 August 2009, final version)
Chapter 2: The Coriolis Force (31 August 2009, final version)
Chapter 3: Equations of Fluid Motion (31 August 2009, final version)
Chapter 4: Equations Governing Geophysical Flows (31 August 2009, final version)
Chapter 5: Diffusive Processes (31 August 2009, final version)
Chapter 6: Transport and Fate (31 August 2009, final version)

PART II. ROTATIONAL EFFECTS

Chapter 7: Geostrophic Flows and Vorticity Dynamics (31 August 2009, final version)
Chapter 8: The Ekman Layer (31 August 2009, final version)
Chapter 9: Barotropic Waves (31 August 2009, final version)
Chapter 10: Barotropic Instability (31 August 2009, final version)

PART III. STRATIFICATION EFFECTS

Chapter 11: Stratification (31 August 2009, final version)
Chapter 12: Layered Models (31 August 2009, final version)
Chapter 13: Internal Waves (31 August 2009, final version)
Chapter 14: Turbulence in Stratified Fluids (31 August 2009, final version)

PART IV. COMBINED ROTATION AND STRATIFICATION EFFECTS

Chapter 15: Dynamics of Stratified Rotating Flows (31 August 2009, final version)
Chapter 16: Quasi-Geostrophic Dynamics (31 August 2009)
Chapter 17: Instabilities of Rotating Stratified Flows (31 August 2009)
Chapter 18: Fronts, Jets and Vortices (31 August 2009)

PART V. SPECIAL TOPICS

Chapter 19: Atmospheric General Circulation (31 August 2009)
Chapter 20: Oceanic General Circulation (31 August 2009)
Chapter 21: Equatorial Dynamics (31 August 2009)
Chapter 22: Data Assimilation (31 August 2009)

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Elements of Fluid Mechanics (31 August 2009)
Appendix B: Wave Kinematics (31 August 2009)
Appendix C: Recapitulation of Numerical Schemes (31 August 2009)

MATLAB FILES

CD-ROM content (16 January 2008)
Matlab files (4 February 2010; Chapter 1 to 14 documented)

BACK OF BOOK

References (31 August 2009)
Index (16 January 2009)

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