| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Dynamics of the atmosphere/ Wilford Zdunkowski and Andreas Bott. |
| Reminder of title: |
a course in theoretical meteorology / |
| Author: |
Zdunkowski, Wilford, |
| other author: |
Bott, Andreas, |
| Published: |
Cambridge, UK ;Cambridge University Press, : 2003., |
| Description: |
xviii, 719 p. :ill. ;26 cm. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
pt. 1. Mathematical tools. Algebra of vectors -- Vector functions -- Differential relations -- Coordinate transformations -- The method of covariant differentiation -- Integral operations -- Introduction to the concepts of nonlinear dynamics -- pt. 2. Dynamics of the atmosphere. The laws of atmospheric motion -- Scale analysis -- The material and the local description of flow -- Atmospheric flow fields -- The Navier-Stokes stress tensor -- The Helmholtz theorem -- Kinematics of two-dimensional flow -- Natural coordinates -- Boundary surfaces and boundary conditions -- Circulation and vorticity theorems -- Turbulent systems -- An excursion into spectral turbulence theory -- The atmospheric boundary layer -- Wave motion in the atmosphere -- The barotropic model -- Rossby waves -- Inertial and dynamic stability -- The equation of motion in general coordinate systems -- The geographical coordinate system -- The stereographic coordinate system -- Orography-following coordinate systems -- The stereographic system with a generalized vertical coordinate -- A quasi-geostrophic baroclinic model -- A two-level prognostic model, baroclinic instability -- An excursion concerning numerical procedures -- Modeling of atmospheric flow by spectral techniques -- Predictability. |
| Subject: |
Meteorology. - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=125076An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
0511078056 (electronic bk.) |