Fronts, Waves and Vortices in Geophysical Flows

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Flor, Jan-Bert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 805
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Oceanography.; Atmospheric sciences.; Fluids.; Fluid mechanics.; Environmental sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Environmental Physics.; Atmospheric Sciences.

Most well known structures in planetary atmospheres and the Earth’s oceans are jets or fronts interacting with vortices on a wide range of scales. The transition from one state to another, such as in unbalanced or adjustment flows, involves the generation of waves as well as the interaction of coher...

Table of Contents:

• Dynamics of Vortices in Rotating and Stratified Fluids
• Stability of Quasi-Two-Dimensional Vortices
• Oceanic Vortices
• Lagrangian Dynamics of Fronts, Vortices and Waves: Understanding the (Semi-)geostrophic Adjustment
• Wave–Vortex Interactions.