Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics: Volume 30

by Adrian E. Gill

A systematic, unifying approach to the dynamics of the ocean and atmosphere is given in this book, with emphasis on the larger-scale motions (from a few kilometers to global scale). The foundations of the subject (the equations of state and dynamical equations) are covered in some detail, so that students with training in mathematics should find it a self-contained text. Knowledge of fluid mechanics is helpful but not essential. Simple mathematical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0122835220
• ISBN13: 9780122835223
• Release Date: December 1982
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 680 Pages
• Weight: 2.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"