Zonal Jets: Phenomenology, Genesis, and Physics: Zonal Jets: Phenomenology, Genesis, and Physics

Boris Galperin, Peter L. Read

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Abstract

In recent decades, great progress has been made in our understanding of zonal jets across many subjects - atmospheric science, oceanography, planetary science, geophysical fluid dynamics, plasma physics, magnetohydrodynamics, turbulence theory - but communication between researchers from different fields has been weak or non-existent. Even the terminology in different fields may be so disparate that researchers working on similar problems do not understand each other. This comprehensive, multidisciplinary volume will break cross-disciplinary barriers and aid the advancement of the subject. It presents a state-of-the-art summary of all relevant branches of the physics of zonal jets, from the leading experts. The phenomena and concepts are introduced at a level accessible to beginning graduate students and researchers from different fields. The book also includes a very extensive bibliography.

Original languageAmerican English
PublisherZonal Jets: Phenomenology, Genesis, and Physics
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2019

Disciplines

  • Life Sciences

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