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Waves and Mean Flows

Oliver Bühler
Publisher: 
Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 
2009
Number of Pages: 
341
Format: 
Hardcover
Series: 
Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics
Price: 
99.00
ISBN: 
9780521866361
Category: 
Monograph
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Preface; Part I. Fluid Dynamics and Waves: 1. Elements of fluid dynamics; 2. Linear waves; 3. Geometric wave theory; 4. Dispersive waves and ray tracing; Part II. Wave–Mean Interaction Theory: 5. Zonally symmetric wave–mean interaction theory; 6. Internal gravity waves; 7. Shear flows; 8. Three-dimensional rotating flow; 9. Rossby waves and balanced dynamics; 10. Lagrangian-mean theory; 11. Zonally symmetric GLM theory; Part III. Waves and Vortices: 12. A framework for local interactions; 13. Wave-driven vortex dynamics on beaches; 14. Wave refraction by vortices; Bibliography; Index.