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Waves and Mean Flows
Author(s): Oliver Bühler (Author)
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date: 20 Aug. 2009
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 370 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780898714401
- ISBN-13: 9780521866361
Book Description
Interactions between waves and mean flows play a crucial role in understanding the long-term aspects of atmospheric and oceanographic modelling. Indeed, our ability to predict climate change hinges on our ability to model waves accurately. This book gives a modern account of the nonlinear interactions between waves and mean flows such as shear flows and vortices. A detailed account of the theory of linear dispersive waves in moving media is followed by a thorough introduction to classical wave–mean interaction theory. The author then extends the scope of the classical theory and lifts its restriction to zonally symmetric mean flows. The book is a fundamental reference for graduate students and researchers in fluid mechanics, and can be used as a text for advanced courses; it will also be appreciated by geophysicists and physicists who need an introduction to this important area in fundamental fluid dynamics and atmosphere-ocean science.
