Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

This second edition of the widely acclaimed Geophysical Fluid Dynamics by Joseph Pedlosky offers the reader a high-level, unified treatment of the theory of the dynamics of large-scale motions of the oceans and atmosphere. Revised and updated, it includes expanded discussions of
• the fundamentals of geostrophic turbulence
• the theory of wave-mean flow interaction
• thermocline theory
• finite amplitude barocline instability.