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...