By
Adrian Gill, University of Cambridge, England
Description
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 models are used to demonstrate the fundamental dynamical principles with plentiful illustrations
from field and laboratory.
Included in series
International Geophysics
Audience:
This book is designed for advanced undergraduate, and graduate students in the atmospheric sciences as well as researchers new to atmospheric radiation and remote sensing.
