The content of this book is based, largely, on the core curriculum in geophys ical fluid dynamics which land my colleagues in the Department of Geophysical Sciences at The University of Chicago have taught for the past decade. Our purpose in developing a core curriculum was to provide to advanced undergraduates and entering graduate students a coherent and systematic introduction to the theory of geophysical fluid dynamics. The curriculum and the outline of this book were devised to form a sequence of courses of roughly one and a half academic years (five academic quarters) in length. The goal of the sequence is to help the student rapidly advance to the point where independent study and research are practical expectations. It quickly became apparent that several topics (e. g. , some aspects of potential theory) usually thought of as forming the foundations of a fluid-dynamics curriculum were merely classical rather than essential and could be, however sadly, dispensed with for our purposes. At the same time, the diversity of interests of our students is so great that no curriculum can truly be exhaust ive in such a curriculum period. It seems to me that the best that can be achieved as a compromise is a systematic introduction to some important segment of the total scope of geophysical fluid dynamics which is illustrative of its most fruitful methods.
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Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
ISBN-13
9783540907459
eBay Product ID (ePID)
190516512
Product Key Features
Author
Joseph Pedlosky
Publication Name
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Geology, Mechanics, Physics
Publication Year
1982
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
626 Pages
Dimensions
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235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
967g
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Title_Author
Joseph Pedlosky
Series Title
Springer Study Edition
Country/Region of Manufacture
Germany
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