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Vladimir Zeitlin, University P. And M. Curie (Paris VI) - Ecole Normale Superieure
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Edited Series on Advances in Nonlinear Science and Complexity,
Description
The rotating shallow water (RSW) model is of wide use as a conceptual tool in geophysical fluid dynamics (GFD), because, in spite of
its simplicity, it contains all essential ingredients of atmosphere and ocean dynamics at the synoptic scale, especially in its two-
(or multi-) layer version. The book describes recent advances in understanding (in the framework of RSW and related models) of some fundamental
GFD problems, such as existence of the slow manifold, dynamical splitting of fast (inertia-gravity waves) and slow (vortices, Rossby
waves) motions, nonlinear geostrophic adjustment and wave emission, the role of essentially nonlinear wave phenomena. The specificity
of the book is that analytical, numerical, and experimental approaches are presented together and complement each other. Special attention
is paid on explaining the methodology, e.g. multiple time-scale asymptotic expansions, averaging and removal of resonances, in what concerns
theory, high-resolution finite-volume schemes, in what concerns numerical simulations, and turntable experiments with stratified fluids,
in what concerns laboratory simulations. A general introduction into GFD is given at the beginning to introduce the problematics for
non-specialists. At the same time, recent new results on nonlinear geostrophic adjustment, nonlinear waves, and equatorial dynamics,
including some exact results on the existence of the slow manifold, wave breaking, and nonlinear wave solutions are presented for the
first time in a systematic manner.
Audience
Meteorology/Oceanography, Fluid dynamics, Applied mathematics/computational physics, Nonlinear physics
Contents
Preface
1. V. Zeitlin, Introduction: fundamentals of rotating shallow water model in the geophysical fluid dynamics perspective
2. G.
Reznik and V. Zeitlin, Asymptotic methods with applications to the fast-slow splitting and the geostrophic adjustment
3. S. Medvedev,
The method of normal forms and fast-slow splitting
4. F. Bouchut, Efficient numerical finite-volume schemes for shallow-water models
5. V. Zeitlin, Nonlinear wave phenomena in rotating shallow water with applications to geostrophic adjustment
6. A. Stegner, Experimental
reality of geostrophic adjustment
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 400 pages, publication date: APR-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-52258-0
ISBN-10: 0-444-52258-1
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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