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1987 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

The Quasi-Geostrophic Approximation

verfasst von : M. Ghil, S. Childress

Erschienen in: Topics in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: Atmospheric Dynamics, Dynamo Theory, and Climate Dynamics

Verlag: Springer New York

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Rossby waves are of geophysical interest because of their relatively long periods. These periods correspond to the slow time scale of the motions with large horizontal length scale in the atmosphere and oceans. The relevant dynamical balance is worthy of further study.

Metadaten
Titel
The Quasi-Geostrophic Approximation
verfasst von
M. Ghil
S. Childress
Copyright-Jahr
1987
Verlag
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1052-8_3

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