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Modeling Atmospheric and Oceanic Flows
Insights from Laboratory Experiments and Numerical Simulations
Thomas von Larcher (Author), Paul D. Williams (Author)
9781118855935, Wiley
Hardback, published 20 January 2015
368 pages
28.7 x 22.4 x 2.5 cm, 1.116 kg
Modeling Atmospheric and Oceanic Flows: Insights from Laboratory Experiments and Numerical Simulations provides a broad overview of recent progress in using laboratory experiments and numerical simulations to model atmospheric and oceanic fluid motions. This volume not only surveys novel research topics in laboratory experimentation, but also highlights recent developments in the corresponding computational simulations. As computing power grows exponentially and better numerical codes are developed, the interplay between numerical simulations and laboratory experiments is gaining paramount importance within the scientific community. The lessons learnt from the laboratory–model comparisons in this volume will act as a source of inspiration for the next generation of experiments and simulations. Volume highlights include: Modeling Atmospheric and Oceanic Flows will be a valuable resource for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in the fields of geophysics, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, climate science, hydrology, and experimental geosciences.
Contributors vii Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Simulations of Natural Flows in the Laboratory and on a Computer 1 Section I: Baroclinic-Driven Flows 1 General Circulation of Planetary Atmospheres: Insights from Rotating Annulus and Related Experiments 2 Primary Flow Transitions in the Baroclinic Annulus: Prandtl Number Effects 45 3 Amplitude Vacillation in Baroclinic Flows 61 Section II: Balanced and Unbalanced Flows 4 Rotation Effects on Wall-Bounded Flows: Some Laboratory Experiments 85 5 Altimetry in a GFD Laboratory and Flows on the Polar β-Plane 101 6 Instabilities of Shallow-Water Flows with Vertical Shear in the Rotating Annulus 119 7 Laboratory Experiments on Flows Over Bottom Topography 139 8 Direct Numerical Simulations of Laboratory-Scale Stratified Turbulence 159 Section III: Atmospheric Flows 9 Numerical Simulation (DNS, LES) of Geophysical Laboratory Experiments: Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) Analogue and Simulations Toward Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) Analogue 179 10 Internal Waves in Laboratory Experiments 193 11 Frontal Instabilities at Density–Shear Interfaces in Rotating Two-Layer Stratified Fluids 213 Section IV: Oceanic Flows 12 Large-Amplitude Coastal Shelf Waves 231 13 Laboratory Experiments With Abrupt Thermohaline Transitions and Oscillations 255 14 Oceanic Island Wake Flows in the Laboratory 265 Section V: Advances in Methodology 15 Lagrangian Methods in Experimental Fluid Mechanics 279 16 A High-Resolution Method for Direct Numerical Simulation of Instabilities and Transitions in a Baroclinic Cavity 297 17 Orthogonal Decomposition Methods to Analyze PIV, LDV, and Thermography Data of Thermally Driven Rotating Annulus Laboratory Experiments 315 Index 337
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