Small Scale Processes in Geophysical Fluid Flows [1 ed.] 9780124340701, 0124340709

While ocean waves are the most visible example of oceanic mixing processes, this macroscale mixing process represents bu

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Table of contents :
Content:
Foreword
Pages xiii-xiv
Walter Munk

Preface
Pages xv-xvii
Lakshmi H. Kantha, Carol Anne Clayson

List of acronyms
Pages xix-xxiii

Prologue
Pages xxv-xxviii

Chapter 1 Turbulence
Pages 1-111

Chapter 2 Oceanic mixed layer
Pages 113-281

Chapter 3 Atmospheric boundary layer
Pages 283-415

Chapter 4 Surface exchange processes
Pages 417-509

Chapter 5 Surface waves
Pages 511-614

Chapter 6 Internal waves
Pages 615-683

Chapter 7 Double-diffusive processes
Pages 685-733

Chapter 8 Lakes and reservoirs
Pages 735-772,I-IV

Appendix A Units
Pages 773-782

Appendix B Equations of state
Pages 783-792

Appendix C Important scales and nondimensional quantities
Pages 793-802

Appendix D Wave motions
Pages 803-804

References
Pages 805-854

Biographies
Pages 855-863

Index
Pages 865-883

International geophysics series
Pages 885-888

Small Scale Processes in Geophysical Fluid Flows [1 ed.]
 9780124340701, 0124340709

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