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By
Carmen Nappo, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Air Resources Laboratory, Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.
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International Geophysics,
Description
Gravity waves exist in all types of geophysical fluids, such as lakes, oceans, and atmospheres. They play an important role in redistributing
energy at disturbances, such as mountains or seamounts and they are routinely studied in meteorology and oceanography, particularly simulation
models, atmospheric weather models, turbulence, air pollution, and climate research.An Introduction to Atmospheric Gravity Waves
provides readers with a working background of the fundamental physics and mathematics of gravity waves, and introduces a wide variety
of applications and numerous recent advances.
Nappo provides a concise volume on gravity waves with a lucid discussion of current observational
techniques and instrumentation.
An accompanying CD-ROM contains real data, computer codes for data analysis, and linear gravity wave
models to further enhance the reader's understanding of the book's material. Foreword is written by Prof. George Chimonas, a renowned
expert on the interactions of gravity waves with turbulence.
Audience
Graduate and advanced undergraduate students, as well as scientists and engineers in government agencies and research laboratories specializing
in geophysical fluid dynamics, ocean and atmospheric physics, climate research, air pollution, turbulence, and atmospheric chemistry.
(NOAA, NASA, NSF, EPA, etc.)
Contents
1. Fundamentals
2. The Linear Theory
3. Terrain-Generated Gravity Waves
4. Ducted Gravity Waves
5. Gravity Wave Energetics
6. Waves and
Turbulence
7. The Parameterization of Wave Stress
8. Observational Techniques
9. Data Analyses and Numerical Methods
Appendix A: The
Hydrostatic Atmosphere
Appendix B: Computer Codes and Data on CD-ROM
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Hardbound, 279 pages, publication date: AUG-2002
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-514082-9
ISBN-10: 0-12-514082-7
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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