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1. Preliminaries.. 2. Fundamentals.. 3. Inviscid shallow-water theory.. 4. Friction and viscous flow.. 5. Homogeneous models of the wind-driven oceanic circulation.. 6. Quasigeostrophic motion of a stratified fluid on a sphere.. 7. Instability theory.. 8. Ageostrophic motion.. Index

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This second edition of the widely acclaimed Geophysical Fluid Dynamics by Joseph Pedlosky offers the reader a high-level, unified treatment of the theory of the dynamics of large-scale motions of the oceans and atmosphere. Revised and updated, it includes expanded discussions of • the fundamentals of geostrophic turbulence • the theory of wave-mean flow interaction • thermocline theory • finite amplitude barocline instability. Inglés

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