Transport and Mixing in Geophysical Flows
Published on 30. November 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 262 pages
978-3-642-09448-4 (ISBN)
Description
Transports in fluids can be approached from two complementary perspectives. In the Eulerian view of mixing, the focus is on the concentration field. In the Langrangian view, fluid parcels are followed around as they move with the flow, experiencing chaotic or stochastic motion. This book examines both pictures, presenting a number of theoretical and experimental lectures on various aspects of transport and mixing of active and passive particles in geophysical flows.
Reviews / Votes
From the reviews:
"The book contains original research articles by many of the world's leading researchers in geophysical fluid dynamics. . I have read this book with great interest and pleasure. The style of presentation is clear and readable. . this book will definitely help those who know the subject and who are interested in theoretical approaches, with a direct preference for the geophysical fluid dynamics. Graduate students of geophysics and applied mathematics interested in environmental fluid mechanics should also reference it." (Andrzej Icha, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 166, 2009)
More details
Series
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2008
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
IX, 262 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
417 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-09448-4 (9783642094484)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-75215-8
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Jeffrey B. Weiss | Antonello Provenzale
Transport and Mixing in Geophysical Flows
Book
12/2007
Springer
€53.49
Shipment within 7-9 days
Jeffrey B. Weiss | Antonello Provenzale
Transport and Mixing in Geophysical Flows
E-Book
11/2007
Springer
€53.49
Available for download
Content
Theory.- Scalar Decay in Chaotic Mixing.- Transport of Inert and Reactive Particles: Lagrangian Statistics in Turbulent Flow.- Diffusion and Reaction-Diffusion in Steady Flows at Large Péclet Numbers.- An Introduction to Radiative Transfer for Geophysicists.- Coherent Vortices and Tracer Transport.- Experiments and Observations.- Dispersion and Mixing in Quasi-two-dimensional Rotating Flows.- Quantifying Inhomogeneous, Instantaneous, Irreversible Transport Using Passive Tracer Field as a Coordinate.- Lagrangian Statistics from Oceanic and Atmospheric Observations.- The Modulation of Biological Production by Oceanic Mesoscale Turbulence.