Lagrangian Transport in Geophysical Jets and Waves - The Dynamical Systems Approach (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)

In many oceanic and atmospheric flows, the collection of trajectories of fluid elements - the Lagrangian motion - is of fundamental importance, determining the transport of fluid properties as well as basic characteristics of the flow itself. In the presence of large-scale, coherent structures, this motion can be analyzed using methods developed originally in the geometric theory of ordinary differential equations. The last two decades have seen the rapid development of this dynamical systems approach to Lagrangian transport for the analysis of engineering and geophysical fluid flows. Geophysical fluid problems presented a new set of mathematical and computational challenges for this approach; in turn, these methods have provided new perspectives on Lagrangian motion in geophysical flows. This is the first introductory textbook to describe this approach in the context of geophysical fluid dynamics. and in parallel, in an accessible style, and will serve both to introduce the necessary mathematical framework to geophysical fluid dynamicists, and to introduce an active area of geophysical fluid research to applied nonlinear dynamicists. The text is suitable for graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and will also serve as a useful reference for researchers and scientists in either field.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, 31
Release date:	August 2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Roger M. Samelson • Stephen Wiggins
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	150
Edition:	2006 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-33269-7
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > General
LSN:	0-387-33269-3
Barcode:	9780387332697

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