Waves and Mean Flows
Interactions between waves and mean flows play a crucial role in understanding the long-term aspects of atmospheric and oceanographic modelling. Indeed, our ability to predict climate change hinges on our ability to model waves accurately. This book gives a modern account of the nonlinear interactions between waves and mean flows such as shear flows and vortices. A detailed account of the theory of linear dispersive waves in moving media is followed by a thorough introduction to classical wave–mean interaction theory. The author then extends the scope of the classical theory and lifts its restriction to zonally symmetric mean flows. The book is a fundamental reference for graduate students and researchers in fluid mechanics, and can be used as a text for advanced courses; it will also be appreciated by geophysicists and physicists who need an introduction to this important area in fundamental fluid dynamics and atmosphere-ocean science.
- Allows other branches of fluid dynamics to learn from recent advances in atmosphere ocean sciences
- Contains material that is accessible to advanced undergraduate students as well as professional researchers
- Its focus on fundamental fluid dynamics makes this book relevant to many areas of physics, including acoustics and plasma physics
Reviews & endorsements
'Bühler's well-organized textbook is excellent in all the most important ways … Waves and Mean Flows presents its readers with a clearly written text that is comfortable to read.' Physics Today
'… this text is … the best existing source for a comprehensive introduction to the GLM theory. Many important concepts, such as the development of Lagrangian-mean divergence in divergence-free Eulerian flows, are explained with clarity, often through the use of elegant examples.' R. M. Samelson, Oregon State University
Product details
No date availableHardback
9780521866361
370 pages
254 × 180 × 22 mm
0.88kg
10 b/w illus.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I. Fluid Dynamics and Waves:
- 1. Elements of fluid dynamics
- 2. Linear waves
- 3. Geometric wave theory
- 4. Dispersive waves and ray tracing
- Part II. Wave–Mean Interaction Theory:
- 5. Zonally symmetric wave–mean interaction theory
- 6. Internal gravity waves
- 7. Shear flows
- 8. Three-dimensional rotating flow
- 9. Rossby waves and balanced dynamics
- 10. Lagrangian-mean theory
- 11. Zonally symmetric GLM theory
- Part III. Waves and Vortices:
- 12. A framework for local interactions
- 13. Wave-driven vortex dynamics on beaches
- 14. Wave refraction by vortices
- Bibliography
- Index.
