Free shipping over $79 | Order by Dec 31 and enjoy a $10 voucher on your next purchase
Track My Order
Help Centre
Likes
My Wish ListsLogin / Join
Booktopia
Australia's local bookstore
Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Nonlinear Physical Oceanography : A Dynamical Systems Approach to the Large Scale Ocean Circulation and El Nino - Henk A. Dijkstra

Nonlinear Physical Oceanography

A Dynamical Systems Approach to the Large Scale Ocean Circulation and El Nino

By: Henk A. Dijkstra

eText | 18 April 2013

At a Glance

eText

$239.00

or 4 interest-free payments of $59.75 with

 or 

Instant online reading in your Booktopia eTextbook Library *

Why choose an eTextbook?

Instant Access *

Purchase and read your book immediately

Read Aloud

Listen and follow along as Bookshelf reads to you

Study Tools

Built-in study tools like highlights and more

* eTextbooks are not downloadable to your eReader or an app and can be accessed via web browsers only. You must be connected to the internet and have no technical issues with your device or browser that could prevent the eTextbook from operating.
In this book, the methodology of dynamical systems theory is applied to investigate the physics of the global ocean circulation. Topics include the dynamics of the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean, the stability of the thermohaline circulation and the El Nino/Southern Oscillation phenomenon in the Tropical Pacific. On the other hand, the book also deals with the numerical methods for applying bifurcation analysis on large dimensional dynamical systems, with thousands or more degrees of freedom, which arise through discretization of ocean models. The novel approach in understanding the phenomena of climate variability is through a systematic analysis within a hierarchy of models using these techniques. In this way, a nice overview is obtained of the relations between the results of the different models within the hierarchy. Mechanistic description of the physics of the results is provided and, where possible, links with results of state-of-the-art models and observations are sought. The reader is expected to have a background in basic incompressible fluid dynamics and applied mathematics, although the level of the text is mixed and sometimes quite introductory. Each chapter is rather self-contained and many details of derivations are provided. The book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in meteorology, oceanography, and related fields who are interested in tackling fundamental problems in dynamical oceanography and climate dynamics.
on
Desktop
Tablet
Mobile

You Can Find This eBook In

Non-FictionEarth Sciences, Geography, Environment, PlanningEarth SciencesHydrology & The HydrosphereOceanography & SeasMeteorology & ClimatologySciencePhysicsComputing & I.T.Computer Programming & Software DevelopmentAlgorithms & Data StructuresMathematics
Calculus & Mathematical AnalysisNumerical Analysis

Other Editions and Formats

Paperback

Published: 28th January 2011

View Product

More in Oceanography & Seas

Ocean Art : From the Shore to the Deep - Helen Scales

eBOOK

Ocean Art

From the Shore to the Deep

eBook

RRP $50.68

$43.99

13%
OFF
Half Pass Six - Barbara Lockhart

eBOOK

Half Pass Six

eBook

$7.99

Higher Education and SDG10 : Reduced Inequalities - Priya Grover

eBOOK

Higher Education and SDG10

Reduced Inequalities

eBook

RRP $47.30

$40.99

13%
OFF
Plastiglomerate - Tim Cresswell

eBOOK

Plastiglomerate

eBook

$14.99

This product is categorised by