TY - BOOK ID - 5375422 TI - Non-linear dynamics and statistical theories for basic geophysical flows AU - Majda, Andrew AU - Wang, Xiaoming PY - 2006 SN - 9780521834414 0521834414 9780511616778 0511169035 9780511169038 0511166540 9780511166549 051116758X 9780511167584 0511168136 9780511168130 0511168608 9780511168604 0511616775 1280437162 9781280437168 1107149509 9781107149502 9786610437160 6610437165 0511314515 9780511314513 PB - Cambridge, UK New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Geophysics KW - Fluid mechanics. KW - Fluid dynamics. KW - Statistical mechanics. KW - Géophysique KW - Mécanique des fluides KW - Fluides, Dynamique des KW - Mécanique statistique KW - Fluid models. KW - Mathematical models. KW - Modèles de fluides KW - Modèles mathématiques KW - Géophysique KW - Mécanique des fluides KW - Mécanique statistique KW - Modèles de fluides KW - Modèles mathématiques KW - Mechanics KW - Mechanics, Analytic KW - Quantum statistics KW - Statistical physics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Geological physics KW - Terrestrial physics KW - Earth sciences KW - Physics KW - Dynamics KW - Fluid mechanics KW - Hydromechanics KW - Continuum mechanics KW - Fluid models in geophysics KW - Rotating dishpan KW - Fluides, Mécanique des KW - Mécanique des fluides. KW - Mécanique des fluides. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5375422 AB - The general area of geophysical fluid mechanics is truly interdisciplinary. Now ideas from statistical physics are being applied in novel ways to inhomogeneous complex systems such as atmospheres and oceans. In this book, the basic ideas of geophysics, probability theory, information theory, nonlinear dynamics and equilibrium statistical mechanics are introduced and applied to large time-selective decay, the effect of large scale forcing, nonlinear stability, fluid flow on a sphere and Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The book is the first to adopt this approach and it contains many recent ideas and results. Its audience ranges from graduate students and researchers in both applied mathematics and the geophysical sciences. It illustrates the richness of the interplay of mathematical analysis, qualitative models and numerical simulations which combine in the emerging area of computational science. ER -