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- The first standard reference that thoroughly covers hydraulic phenomena in rotating fluids
- Includes numerous exercises, making it the ideal textbook for course use in oceanography and meteorology, hydraulic phenomena in geophysical flows
Part of the book series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library (ATSL, volume 36)
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Lawrence Pratt is currently a senior scientist in the Department of Physical Oceanography at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. His main research interests cover the dynamics of meandering currents, especially the Gulf Stream and other separated western boundary currents.
John A. Whitehead is currently a senior scientist in the Department of Physical Oceanography at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rotating Hydraulics
Book Subtitle: Nonlinear Topographic Effects in the Ocean and Atmosphere
Authors: Larry J. Pratt, John A. Whitehead
Series Title: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49572-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-36639-5Published: 19 November 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5043-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-49572-9Published: 26 December 2007
Series ISSN: 1383-8601
Series E-ISSN: 2215-162X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 592
Topics: Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Oceanography, Geophysics/Geodesy, Atmospheric Sciences, Complex Systems, Fluid- and Aerodynamics