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Physics of Lakes - Volume 1: Foundation of the Mathematical and Physical Background (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
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Physics of Lakes - Volume 1: Foundation of the Mathematical and Physical Background (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
Series: Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics
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This first volume in the treatise on the Physics of Lakes deals
with the formulation of the mathematical and physical background. A
large number of lakes on Earth are described, presenting their
morphology as well as the causes of their response to the driving
environment. Because the physics of lakes cannot be described
without the language used in mathematics, these subjects are
introduced first by using the simplest approach and with utmost
care, assuming only a limited college knowledge of classical
Newtonian physics, and continues with increasing complexity and
elegance, starting with the fundamental equations of Lake
Hydrodynamics in the form of 'primitive equations' and leading to a
detailed treatment of angular momentum and vorticity. Following the
presentation of these fundamentals turbulence modeling is
introduced with Reynolds, Favre and other non-ergodic filters. The
derivation of averaged field equations is presented with different
closure schemes, including the k- model for a Boussinesq fluid and
early anisotropic closure schemes. This is followed by expositions
of surface gravity waves without rotation and an analysis of the
role played by the distribution of mass within water bodies on the
Earth, leading to a study of internal waves. The vertical structure
of wind-induced currents in homogeneous and stratified waters and
the Ekman theory and some of its extensions close this first volume
of Physics of Lakes. The last chapter collects formulas for the
phenomenological coefficients of water.
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