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Author:   Ulrich Achatz
Publisher:   Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Imprint:   Springer Spektrum
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   1.168kg
ISBN:  

9783662639405

ISBN 10:   3662639408
Pages:   554
Publication Date:   05 March 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- 1 Equations of Motion.- 2 Thermodynamics and Energetics.- 3 Elementary Properties and Applications.- 4 Vortex Dynamics.- 5 The Dynamics of the Shallow-Water Equations.- 6 The Stratified Atmosphere.- 7 The Planetary Boundary Layer.- 8 Wave-Mean-Flow Interaction.- 9 The Meridional Circulation.- 10 Gravity Waves.-  11 Appendix A Useful Elements of Vector Analysis, Appendix B Rotations, Appendix C Isotropic Tensors, Appendix D Spherical Coordinates, Appendix E Fourier Integrals and Fourier Series, Appendix F Zonally Symmetric Rossby Waves, Appendix G Solution of an Initial-Value Problem, Appendix H Some Polarization Relations, Appendix I The Higher Harmonics of a Gravity-Wave Field in WKB Theory.

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Ulrich Achatz holds the chair for the Theory of Atmospheric Dynamics and Climate at Goethe Universität Frankfurt. He has a diploma in physics and a PhD in astronomy, both from the University of Bonn, and a habilitation degree in atmospheric physics from the University of Rostock. His research interests focus on the interaction of atmospheric motions with different scales, from turbulence over gravity and Rossby waves to the global atmospheric circulation, and its reliable description in weather and climate codes.

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