UID:
almafu_9959239639602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (300 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-00552-5
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9786611005528
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0-08-049166-9
Serie:
International geophysics series ; v. 85
Inhalt:
Gravity waves exist in all types of geophysical fluids, such as lakes, oceans, and atmospheres. They play an important role in redistributing energy at disturbances, such as mountains or seamounts and they are routinely studied in meteorology and oceanography, particularly simulation models, atmospheric weather models, turbulence, air pollution, and climate research.An Introduction to Atmospheric Gravity Waves provides readers with a working background of the fundamental physics and mathematics of gravity waves, and introduces a wide variety of applications and numerous recent advan
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Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. Fundamentals; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Some Wave Mechanics; 1.3 The Buoyant Force; 1.4 The Boussinesq Approximation; Chapter 2. The Linear Theory; 2.1 The Taylor-Goldstein Equation; 2.2 A Simple Solution; 2.3 The WKB Method; 2.4 Energetics; Chapter 3. Terrain-Generated Gravity Waves; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Uniform Flow Over a Surface Corrugation; 3.3 The Two-Dimensional Ridge; 3.4 The Three-Dimensional Mountain; 3.5 Gravity Wave Drag; 3.6 Convectively Generated Gravity Waves; Chapter 4. Ducted Gravity Waves
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4.1 Wave Reflection at an Elevated Layer4.2 Wave Trapping, Energy Flux, and Wave Resonance; 4.3 Wave Ducts; Chapter 5. Gravity Wave Energetics; 5.1 Variations Of Wave Energy and Stress with Height; 5.2 Wave Action; 5.3 The Critical Level; Chapter 6. Waves and Turbulence; 6.1 Parcel Exchange Analysis of Flow Stability; 6.2 Shear Instability and Unstable Modes; 6.3 Wave-Modulated Richardson Number; 6.4 Wave-Turbulence Coupling; 6.5 Jefferys' Roll-Wave Instability Mechanism; Chapter 7. The Parameterization of Wave Stress; 7.1 Wave Saturation and Wave Breaking
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7.2 Saturation Parameterization Schemes7.3 Saturation Limits and Other Problems; Chapter 8. Observational Techniques; 8.1 Single-Station Observations; 8.2 Multiple Station Observations; 8.3 Balloons, Aircraft, Airglow, and Satellites; Chapter 9. Data Analyses and Numerical Methods; 9.1 Data Analysis; 9.2 Numerical Models; Appendix A The Hydrostatic Atmosphere; A.1 The Hydrostatic Approximation; A.2 The Scale Height of the Isothermal Atmosphere; A.3 Adiabatic Lapse Rate; A.4 Potential Temperature; A.5 Boussinesq Relations; A.6 The Geostrophic Wind; A.7 The Eckman Wind Spiral
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Appendix B Computer Codes and Data on CD-ROMB.1 Introduction; B.2 FORTRAN Codes; B.3 Synthetic Wave Data; B.4 Sample Pressure Data; B.5 Contact; Bibliography; Index; International Geophysics Series
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-12-514082-7
Sprache:
Englisch
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