Nonlinear Processes in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: A tribute to the scientific work of Pedro Ripa

by O.U. Velasco Fuentes (Editor), J. Sheinbaum (Editor), J. Ochoa (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402015892
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	10/31/2003
Edition description:	2003
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

1 Ripa’s Theorem and its Relatives.- 2 Deep Ocean Influence on Upper Ocean Baroclinic Instability Saturation.- 3 Constrained-Hamiltonian Shallow-Water Dynamics on the Sphere.- 4 Hamiltonian Description of Fluid and Plasma Systems with Continuous Spectra.- Stable Vortices as Maximum or Minimum Energy Flows.- 6 Nonlinear Outflows on a— Plane.- 7 Generation of Internal Gravity Waves by Unstable Overflows.- 8 On the Effect of Heat and Fresh-Water Fluxes Across the Ocean Surface, in Volume-Conserving and Mass-Conserving Models.- 9 Baroclinic Waves in Climates of the Earth’s Past.- 10 Mean and Eddy Dynamics of the Main Thermocline.- 11 An Overview of the Physical Oceanography of the Gulf of California.- 12 The Atmosphere over the Gulf of California.- 13 Residual Flow and Mixing in the Large-Islands Region of the Central Gulf of California.- 14 A Description of Geostrophic Gyres in the Southern Gulf of California.- 15 Nonlinear Internal Waves Near Mexico’s Central Pacific Coast.- 16 CANEK: Measuring Transport in the Yucatan Channel.- 17 Diagnostic Force Balance and its Limits.- 18 A Note on the Effects of Solid Boundaries on Confined Decaying 2D Turbulence.- 19 Effects of Rotation on Convective Instability.- 20 Advection by Interacting Vortices on a— Plane.- 21 A Low-Dimensional Dynamical System for Tripole Formation.

Editorial Reviews

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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