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Aimed at graduate students and researchers in mathematics, engineering, oceanography, meteorology and mechanics, this text provides a detailed introduction to the physical theory of rotating fluids, a significant part of geophysical fluid dynamics.

Rotating masses of fluid. --- Navier-Stokes equations. --- Geophysics --- Equations, Navier-Stokes --- Differential equations, Partial --- Fluid dynamics --- Viscous flow --- Fluids --- Hydrodynamics --- Hydrostatics --- Rotational motion --- Attractions of ellipsoids --- Mathematics.

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Spiral galaxies. --- Density wave theory. --- Spiral galaxies --- Density wave theory --- Astrophysics --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Spiral density wave theory --- Galaxies --- Gas dynamics --- Rotating masses of fluid --- Stars --- Waves

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Rotating masses of fluid --- Fluid dynamics --- Ocean-atmosphere interaction --- Interaction mer-atmosphère --- Fluides, Dynamique des --- Masses de fluide rotatives --- Périodiques. --- Air-sea interaction --- Air-sea interactions --- Atmosphere-ocean interaction --- Atmosphere-ocean interactions --- Atmospheric-oceanic interactions --- Interaction of atmosphere and ocean --- Interactions of atmosphere and ocean --- Ocean-meteorological relations --- Oceanic-atmospheric interactions --- Sea-air interaction --- Sea-air interactions --- Fluids --- Hydrodynamics --- Hydrostatics --- Rotational motion --- Attractions of ellipsoids --- Marine meteorology --- Oceanography --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Physical oceanography

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Larry Pratt received his Ph. D. in physical oceanography in the Woods Hole/MIT Joint Program in 1982.  He then served as a research associate and assistant research professor at the University of Rhode Island before joining the scientific staff at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where he is now a senior scientist.  He is editor of The Physical Oceanography of Sea Straits and has authored or co-authored numerous articles on hydraulic effects in the ocean. J. A. (Jack) Whitehead received his Ph. D. in engineering and applied science from Yale University in 1968.  After postdoctoral work and serving as assistant research geophysicist at the Institute of Geophysical and Planetary Physics at UCLA, he joined the scientific staff at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where he is now a Senior Scientist.  He has authored or co-authored numerous articles on hydraulic effects in the ocean. Hydraulic effects can occur when high-speed ocean currents and atmospheric winds encounter strong topographic features. This book contains a deep and extensive discussion of geophysical flows that are broad enough to be influenced by Earth?s rotation and strong enough to experience classical hydraulic effects such as critical control and hydraulic jumps. Examples include deep overflows and coastal currents in the ocean and winds in the coastal marine layer. The material is appropriate for students at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level who have some elementary knowledge of fluid mechanics.  Reviews of geophysical observations and of the hydraulics of flow with no background rotation are followed by chapters on models of currents in rotating channels, shock waves and time dependence, coastal flow, two-layer stratification, and jets. Although the primary focus is on the theory, a number of case studies, including the Faroe Bank overflow and the California coastal marine layer winds, are presented along with numerous laboratory experiments.  Exercises are presented at the end of most sections.  The presentation should allow the reader to develop a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of the hydraulics of rotating flows.

Rotating masses of fluid. --- Hydrodynamics. --- Engineering. --- Geophysics. --- Oceanography. --- Atmospheric sciences. --- Fluids. --- Statistical physics. --- Dynamical systems. --- Engineering geology. --- Engineering --- Foundations. --- Hydraulics. --- Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Atmospheric Sciences. --- Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity. --- Fluid- and Aerodynamics. --- Geology. --- Fluid dynamics --- Fluids --- Hydrodynamics --- Hydrostatics --- Rotational motion --- Attractions of ellipsoids --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Physical geography. --- Complex Systems. --- Geography --- Oceanography, Physical --- Oceanology --- Physical oceanography --- Thalassography --- Earth sciences --- Marine sciences --- Ocean --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Oceanography --- Water masses. --- Mathematical models. --- Engineering—Geology. --- Mechanics --- Physics --- Permeability --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mathematics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Statics --- Mathematical statistics --- Atmospheric sciences --- Atmosphere --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Flow of water --- Water --- Hydraulic engineering --- Jets --- Architecture --- Building --- Structural engineering --- Underground construction --- Caissons --- Earthwork --- Masonry --- Soil consolidation --- Soil mechanics --- Walls --- Civil engineering --- Geology, Economic --- Statistical methods --- Flow --- Distribution --- Details --- Geology --- Atmospheric science. --- Dynamics.

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These proceedings are the fifth in the series Traffic and Granular Flow, and we hope they will be as useful a reference as their predecessors. Both the realistic modelling of granular media and traffic flow present important challenges at the borderline between physics and engineering, and enormous progress has been made since 1995, when this series started. Still the research on these topics is thriving, so that this book again contains many new results. Some highlights addressed at this conference were the influence of long range electric and magnetic forces and ambient fluids on granular media, new precise traffic measurements, and experiments on the complex decision making of drivers. No doubt the “hot topics” addressed in granular matter research have diverged from those in traffic since the days when the obvious analogies between traffic jams on highways and dissipative clustering in granular flow intrigued both c- munities alike. However, now just this diversity became a stimulating feature of the conference. Many of us feel that our joint interest in complex systems, where many simple agents, be it vehicles or particles, give rise to surprising and fascin- ing phenomena, is ample justification for bringing these communities together: Traffic and Granular Flow has fostered cooperation and friendship across the scientific disciplines.

Density wave theory --- Granular materials --- Mathematical statistics --- Stock exchanges --- Traffic flow --- Fluid dynamics --- Mathematical models --- Traffic volume --- Traffic engineering --- Traffic surveys --- Highway capacity --- Traffic density --- Bulls and bears --- Commercial corners --- Corners, Commercial --- Equity markets --- Exchanges, Securities --- Exchanges, Stock --- Securities exchanges --- Stock-exchange --- Stock markets --- Capital market --- Efficient market theory --- Speculation --- Bulk solids --- Materials --- Spiral density wave theory --- Galaxies --- Gas dynamics --- Rotating masses of fluid --- Stars --- Waves --- Mathematics. --- Industrial engineering. --- Engineering. --- Differentiable dynamical systems. --- Mathematical physics. --- Applications of Mathematics. --- Industrial and Production Engineering. --- Engineering, general. --- Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory. --- Automotive Engineering. --- Mathematical Methods in Physics. --- Physical mathematics --- Physics --- Management engineering --- Simplification in industry --- Engineering --- Value analysis (Cost control) --- Math --- Science --- Differential dynamical systems --- Dynamical systems, Differentiable --- Dynamics, Differentiable --- Differential equations --- Global analysis (Mathematics) --- Topological dynamics --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Mathematics --- Applied mathematics. --- Engineering mathematics. --- Production engineering. --- Dynamics. --- Ergodic theory. --- Automotive engineering. --- Physics. --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Ergodic transformations --- Continuous groups --- Mathematical physics --- Measure theory --- Transformations (Mathematics) --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Mechanics --- Statics --- Manufacturing engineering --- Process engineering --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanical engineering --- Engineering analysis --- Mathematical analysis