This volume deals with various nonlinear phenomena in geophysical flows. Processes studied are, among others, the stability of currents and vortices, internal wave generation and propagation, and atmosphere-ocean interaction. The geographic extent of the processes discussed range from the local (the Gulf of California and other marginal seas) to the global (the general oceanic circulation). The studies contained in this volume are based on observations (in situ as well as satellite measurements), theoretical analysis (Hamiltonian fluid dynamics and stability theory), numerical simulations and laboratory experiments.
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From the reviews: "This book contains the papers presented at a colloquium held in memory of professor Pedro Ripa on the first anniversary of this sudden death. … The book is written in a precise and very readable style; there are many useful reflections and figures throughout. … could be recommended not only to researchers but generally to all scientists and graduate students interested in various aspects of environmental sciences." (Andrzej Icha, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 165, 2008)
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Pedro Ripa's career overlapped quite strongly with mine for a period of about 10 years, during which time we were both actively exploiting the Hamiltonian structure of geophysical fluid dynamics to study disturbance conservation laws and the stability theorems which follow from them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tripole formation, internal thermocline, ageostrophic instability, overstability curve, geostrophic gyres, intense internal waves, planetary geostrophic equations, basic state parameters, seasonal heat balance, southward outflow, conserving equations, subtropical thermocline, equal vortices, internal tide generation, maximum energy flow, vortex merger, convection curve, mainland shelf, strong tidal mixing, perturbation growth rates, inviscid dynamics, conserving model, seasonal circulation, internal tides, total enstrophy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gulf of California, Fluid Mech, San Esteban, San Lorenzo, Baja California, Pacific Ocean, San Pedro, Yucatan Channel, Nonlinear Processes, Pescadero Basin, Pedro Ripa, Balance Equations, Academic Publishers, Golfo de California, United States, New York, North American, Sierra Madre, Velasco Fuentes, Denmark Strait, Farallón Basin, Torres Orozco, Cambridge University Press, Carmen Basin, Deep-Sea Res New!
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Pedro Ripa's career overlapped quite strongly with mine for a period of about 10 years, during which time we were both actively exploiting the Hamiltonian structure of geophysical fluid dynamics to study disturbance conservation laws and the stability theorems which follow from them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tripole formation, internal thermocline, ageostrophic instability, overstability curve, geostrophic gyres, intense internal waves, planetary geostrophic equations, basic state parameters, seasonal heat balance, southward outflow, conserving equations, subtropical thermocline, equal vortices, internal tide generation, maximum energy flow, vortex merger, convection curve, mainland shelf, strong tidal mixing, perturbation growth rates, inviscid dynamics, conserving model, seasonal circulation, internal tides, total enstrophy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gulf of California, Fluid Mech, San Esteban, San Lorenzo, Baja California, Pacific Ocean, San Pedro, Yucatan Channel, Nonlinear Processes, Pescadero Basin, Pedro Ripa, Balance Equations, Academic Publishers, Golfo de California, United States, New York, North American, Sierra Madre, Velasco Fuentes, Denmark Strait, Farallón Basin, Torres Orozco, Cambridge University Press, Carmen Basin, Deep-Sea Res New!
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- Large-Scale Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics: Volume 1: Analytical Methods and Numerical Models by John Norbury on page 13, and page 68
- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics by Joseph Pedlosky on page 50, and page 7
- An Intro Coriolis Force05/96: An Introduction to the Coriolis Force by Stommel on page 51
- Topographic Effects in Stratified Flows (Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics) by Peter G. Baines on page 7
- Perturbation Theory for Linear Operators (Classics in Mathematics) by Tosio Kato on page 68
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- Defying Ocean's End: An Agenda for Action by Linda K. Glover on page 122
- Interhemispheric Water Exchange in the Atlantic Ocean, Volume 68 (Elsevier Oceanography Series) by G.J. Goni on page 332
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