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DYNAMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
It should be possible to go through this text with an elementary knowledge
of mathematics and physics. Mathematical techniques such as Green’s functions
and the method of inner and outer expansions are presented using elementary
examples. The use of proper asymptotic methods requires dimensionless equations while for understanding of physical concepts dimensional quantities are best
suited. Throughout the text I therefore have used a strict *-subscript notation to
indicate dimensional dependent quantities except in chapters where only dimensional quantities are used. In this way reduced model equations, such as the quasigeostrophic model in chapter 5, are derived using dimensionless quantities and the
dimensional result is stated afterwards. Results and models which are frequently
used in the literature are presented in separate boxes for easy reference. Important
issues can also be found in the Summary boxes at the end of each chapter.
I hope that students and interested researchers will like the way I have chosen
to present the material and find this book a useful addition.
SEPTEMBER 2007, UTRECHT
DYNAMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
It should be possible to go through this text with an elementary knowledge
of mathematics and physics. Mathematical techniques such as Green’s functions
and the method of inner and outer expansions are presented using elementary
examples. The use of proper asymptotic methods requires dimensionless equations while for understanding of physical concepts dimensional quantities are best
suited. Throughout the text I therefore have used a strict *-subscript notation to
indicate dimensional dependent quantities except in chapters where only dimensional quantities are used. In this way reduced model equations, such as the quasigeostrophic model in chapter 5, are derived using dimensionless quantities and the
dimensional result is stated afterwards. Results and models which are frequently
used in the literature are presented in separate boxes for easy reference. Important
issues can also be found in the Summary boxes at the end of each chapter.
I hope that students and interested researchers will like the way I have chosen
to present the material and find this book a useful addition.
SEPTEMBER 2007, UTRECHT