Keywords:
Oceanography--Mathematics.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This comprehensive textbook derives and classifies the most common dynamic equations used in physical oceanography, emphasizing the assumptions made and the physical processes eliminated. Providing a clear exposition of the concepts for graduate students and researchers of physical oceanography, all of the necessary mathematical tools are covered in appendices.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (303 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780511240713
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=273656
DDC:
551.4600151
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Equilibrium thermodynamics of sea water -- 2.1 Salinity -- 2.2 Equilibrium thermodynamics of a two-component system -- 2.3 Potential temperature and density -- 2.4 Equation of state -- 2.5 Spiciness -- 2.6 Specific heat -- 2.7 Latent heat -- 2.8 Boiling and freezing temperature -- 2.9 Chemical potentials -- 2.10 Measured quantities -- 2.11 Mixing -- 3 Balance equations -- 3.1 Continuum hypothesis -- 3.2 Conservation equations -- 3.3 Conservation of salt and water -- 3.4 Momentum balance -- 3.5 Momentum balance in a rotating frame of reference -- 3.6 Angular momentum balance -- 3.7 Energy balance -- 3.8 Radiation -- 3.9 Continuity of fluxes -- 4 Molecular flux laws -- 4.1 Entropy production -- 4.2 Flux laws -- 4.3 Molecular diffusion coefficients -- 4.4 Entropy production and energy conversion -- 4.5 Boundary conditions -- 5 The gravitational potential -- 5.1 Poisson equation -- 5.2 The geoid -- 5.3 The spherical approximation -- 5.4 Particle motion in gravitational field -- 5.5 The tidal potential -- 6 The basic equations -- 6.1 The pressure and temperature equations -- 6.2 The complete set of basic equations -- 6.3 Tracers -- 6.4 Theorems -- 6.5 Thermodynamic equilibrium -- 6.6 Mechanical equilibrium -- 6.7 Neutral directions -- 7 Dynamic impact of the equation of state -- 7.1 Two-component fluids -- 7.2 One-component fluids -- 7.3 Homentropic fluids -- 7.4 Incompressible fluids -- 7.5 Homogeneous fluids -- 8 Free wave solutions on a sphere -- 8.1 Linearized equations of motion -- 8.2 Separation of variables -- 8.3 The vertical eigenvalue problem -- 8.4 The horizontal eigenvalue problem -- 8.5 Short-wave solutions -- 8.6 Classification of waves -- 9 Asymptotic expansions -- 9.1 General method -- 9.2 Adiabatic elimination of fast variables.
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9.3 Stochastic forcing -- 10 Reynolds decomposition -- 10.1 Reynolds decomposition -- 10.2 Reynolds equations -- 10.3 Eddy fluxes -- 10.4 Background and reference state -- 10.5 Boundary layers -- 11 Boussinesq approximation -- 11.1 Anelastic approximation -- 11.2 Additional approximations -- 11.3 Equations -- 11.4 Theorems -- 11.5 Dynamical significance of two-component structure -- 12 Large-scale motions -- 12.1 Reynolds average of Boussinesq equations -- 12.2 Parametrization of eddy fluxes -- 12.3 Boundary conditions -- 12.4 Boussinesq equations in spherical coordinates -- 13 Primitive equations -- 13.1 Shallow water approximation -- 13.2 Primitive equations in height coordinates -- 13.3 Vorticity equations -- 13.4 Rigid lid approximation -- 13.5 Homogeneous ocean -- 14 Representation of vertical structure -- 14.1 Decomposition into barotropic and baroclinic flow components -- 14.2 Generalized vertical coordinates -- 14.3 Isopycnal coordinates -- 14.4 Sigma-coordinates -- 14.5 Layer models -- 14.6 Projection onto normal modes -- 15 Ekman layers -- 15.1 Ekman number -- 15.2 Boundary layer theory -- 15.3 Ekman transport -- 15.4 Ekman pumping -- 15.5 Laminar Ekman layers -- 15.6 Modification of kinematic boundary condition -- 16 Planetary geostrophic flows -- 16.1 The geostrophic approximation -- 16.2 The barotropic problem -- 16.3 The barotropic general circulation -- 16.4 The baroclinic problem -- 17 Tidal equations -- 17.1 Laplace tidal equations -- 17.2 Tidal loading and self-gravitation -- 18 Medium-scale motions -- 18.1 Geometric approximations -- 18.2 Background stratification -- 19 Quasi-geostrophic flows -- 19.1 Scaling of the density equation -- 19.2 Perturbation expansion -- 19.3 Quasi-geostrophic potential vorticity equation -- 19.4 Boundary conditions -- 19.5 Conservation laws -- 19.6 Diffusion and forcing -- 19.7 Layer representation.
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20 Motions on the f-plane -- 20.1 Equations of motion -- 20.2 Vorticity equations -- 20.3 Nonlinear internal waves -- 20.4 Two-dimensional flows in a vertical plane -- 20.5 Two-dimensional flows in a horizontal plane -- 21 Small-scale motions -- 21.1 Equations -- 21.2 The temperature-salinity mode -- 22 Sound waves -- 22.1 Sound speed -- 22.2 The acoustic wave equation -- 22.3 Ray equations -- 22.4 Helmholtz equation -- Appendix A Equilibrium thermodynamics -- A.1 Thermodynamic variables -- A.2 Thermodynamic processes -- A.3 Thermodynamic potentials -- A.4 Thermodynamic relations -- A.5 Extremal principles -- A.6 Thermodynamic inequalities -- A.7 Mixing -- A.8 Phase transitions -- A.9 Ideal gas -- Appendix B Vector and tensor analysis -- B.1 Scalars, vectors, and tensors -- B.2 Calculus -- B.3 Two-dimensional fields -- B.4 Differential geometry -- B.5 Reynolds transport theorem -- B.6 Isotropic and axisymmetric tensors -- Appendix C Orthogonal curvilinear coordinate systems -- C.1 Curvilinear coordinate systems -- C.2 Common differential operators -- C.3 Spherical coordinates -- C.4 Pseudo-spherical coordinates -- C.5 Two-dimensional spherical coordinates -- Appendix D Kinematics of fluid motion -- D.1 Lagrangian description -- D.2 Displacement gradient tensor -- D.3 Eulerian description -- D.4 Velocity gradient tensor -- D.5 Classification and representations of velocity fields -- Classes of velocity fields -- Representation of velocity fields -- D.6 Global description -- D.7 Conservative tracers -- Appendix E Kinematics of waves -- E.1 Elementary propagating waves -- E.2 Standing waves -- E.3 Geometric optics -- Appendix F Conventions and notation -- F.1 Conventions -- F.2 Notation -- Latin symbols -- Greek symbols -- Sub- and superscripts -- References -- Index.
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