Environmental Stratified Flows

The dynamics of flows in density-stratified fluids has been and remains now an important topic for scientific enquiry. Such flows arise in many contexts, ranging from industrial settings to the oceanic and atmospheric environments. It is the latter topic which is the focus of this book. Both the ocean and atmosphere are characterised by the basic vertical density stratification, and this feature can affect the dynamics on all scales ranging from the micro-scale to the planetary scale. The aim of this book is to provide a "state-of-the-art" account of stratified flows as they are relevant to the ocean and atmosphere with a primary focus on meso-scale phenomena; that is, on phenomena whose time and space scales are such that the density stratification is a dominant effect, so that frictional and diffusive effects on the one hand and the effects of the earth's rotation on the other hand can be regarded as of less importance. This in turn leads to an emphasis on internal waves.

Sommario

Internal Solitary Waves.- Internal Tide Transformation and Oceanic Internal Solitary Waves.- Atmospheric Internal Solitary Waves.- Gravity Currents.- Stratified Flow Over Topography.- Turbulence in Stratified Fluids.- Laboratory Studies of Continuously Stratified Flows Past Obstacles.- Elements of Instability Theory for Environmental Flows.

Riassunto

The dynamics of flows in density-stratified fluids has been and remains now an important topic for scientific enquiry. Such flows arise in many contexts, ranging from industrial settings to the oceanic and atmospheric environments. It is the latter topic which is the focus of this book. Both the ocean and atmosphere are characterised by the basic vertical density stratification, and this feature can affect the dynamics on all scales ranging from the micro-scale to the planetary scale. The aim of this book is to provide a “state-of-the-art” account of stratified flows as they are relevant to the ocean and atmosphere with a primary focus on meso-scale phenomena; that is, on phenomena whose time and space scales are such that the density stratification is a dominant effect, so that frictional and diffusive effects on the one hand and the effects of the earth’s rotation on the other hand can be regarded as of less importance. This in turn leads to an emphasis on internal waves.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Roge Grimshaw (Editore), Roger Grimshaw (Editore)
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.06.2009
• EAN: 9780792376057
• ISBN: 978-0-7923-7605-7
• Pagine: 284
• Peso: 599 g
• Illustrazioni: VIII, 284 p.
• Serie: Topics in Environmental Fluid Mechanics; Topics in Environmental Fluid Mechanics
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura e società: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze; C, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde), Meere und Ozeane, Klassische Mechanik, Earth and Environmental Science, Pollution & threats to the environment, Pollution, Umweltverschmutzung und Gefahren für die Umwelt, Classical mechanics, Classical and Continuum Physics, Continuum physics, Oceanography, Ocean Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Air pollution, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution, Environmental Physics, Oceanography (seas)