TY - BOOK ID - 6768789 TI - Waves in the Ocean and Atmosphere : Introduction to Wave Dynamics PY - 2003 SN - 3540003401 9783540003403 3642055648 3662051311 PB - Berlin : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Ocean waves. KW - Atmospheric waves. KW - 551.466 KW - 551.51 KW - 532.59 KW - Dynamic meteorology KW - Waves KW - Breakers KW - Sea waves KW - Surf KW - Swell KW - Oceanography KW - Water waves KW - Sea waves and tides KW - Structure, mechanics, thermodynamics of the atmosphere in general. Dynamic meteorology KW - Wave motion KW - 532.59 Wave motion KW - 551.51 Structure, mechanics, thermodynamics of the atmosphere in general. Dynamic meteorology KW - 551.466 Sea waves and tides KW - Atmospheric waves KW - Ocean waves KW - Oceanography. KW - Atmospheric sciences. KW - Fluids. KW - Atmospheric Sciences. KW - Fluid- and Aerodynamics. KW - Hydraulics KW - Mechanics KW - Physics KW - Hydrostatics KW - Permeability KW - Atmospheric sciences KW - Earth sciences KW - Atmosphere KW - Oceanography, Physical KW - Oceanology KW - Physical oceanography KW - Thalassography KW - Marine sciences KW - Ocean UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:6768789 AB - For over twenty years, the Joint Program in Physical Oceanography of MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has based its education program on a series of core courses in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics and Physical Oceanography. One of the central courses in the Core is one on wave theory, tailored to meet the needs of both physical oceanography and meteorology students. I have had the pleasure of teaching of years, and I have particularly enjoyed the response of the the course for a number students to their exposure to the fascination of wave phenomena and theory. This book is a reworking of course notes that I have prepared for the students, and I was encouraged by their enthusiastic response to the notes to reach a larger audience with this material. The emphasis, both in the course and in this text, is twofold: the de­ velopment of the basic ideas of wave theory and the description of specific types of waves of special interest to oceanographers and meteorologists. Throughout the course, each wave type is introduced both for its own intrinsic interest and importance and as a ve­ hicle for illustrating some general concept in the theory of waves. Topics covered range from small-scale surface gravity waves to large-scale planetary vorticity waves. ER -