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Informationen zum Autor R. M. Samelson is a Professor of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University. He received a B.S. in Physics from Stanford University, California and an M.S. in Mathematics and Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography from Oregon State University. He was the recipient of an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award and has served as editor of the Journal of Physical Oceanography and on numerous scientific program and review committees. He has authored or co-authored more than seventy-five peer-reviewed scientific publications on topics in physical oceanography, atmospheric science and geophysical fluid dynamics, as well as a book on Lagrangian motion in geophysical flows and several book chapters on various aspects of physical oceanography and geophysical fluid dynamics. This book is based on lecture notes that he has developed over the past decade for a graduate course in large-scale ocean circulation theory at Oregon State University. Klappentext This is a concise but comprehensive introduction to the basic elements of the theory of large-scale ocean circulation for advanced students and researchers. Zusammenfassung This text provides a concise! comprehensive and modern development of basic elements of the theory of large-scale ocean circulation! appropriate for graduate students and researchers in oceanic! atmospheric and climate sciences and for other geophysical scientists! as well as physicists and mathematicians with a quantitative interest in the planetary fluid environment. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Basic physical principles and equations; 2. Reduced equations for large-scale motion; 3. Planetary geostrophic vorticity dynamics; 4. Stratified large-scale flow; 5. Circulation in a rectangular mid-latitude basin; 6. Eddy-driven subsurface motion; 7. Circumpolar flow; 8. Mid-depth meridional overturning; 9. Thermohaline effects; 10. Theory and observation.
