John P. Boyd

Dynamics of the Equatorial Ocean (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Contains appendices for illustrating special cases

Treats the important semiannual and annual cycles in the tropic sea

Includes complementary information to assist the reader in understanding the differences between the phenomenon in different latitudes

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 517
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783662554760
• Artikelnr.: 52944656

Inhaltsangabe

An Observational Overview of the Equatorial Ocean.- Basic Equations and Normal Modes.- Kelvin, Yanai, Rossby and Gravity Waves.- The "Long Wave" Approximation & Geostrophy.- Coastally Trapped Waves and Ray-Tracing.- Reflections and Boundaries.- Response of the Equatorial Ocean to Periodic Forcing.- Impulsive Forcing and Spin-up.- Yoshida Jet and Theories of the Undercurrent.- Stratified Models of Mean Currents.- Waves and Beams in the Continuously Stratified Ocean.- Stable Waves in Shear.- Inertial Instability and Deep Equatorial Jets.- Kelvin Wave Instability.- Nonmodal Instability.- Nonlinear Equatorial Waves.- Nonlinear Wavepackets and Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation