Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (1987. Corr. 2nd Printing 1992)Paperback - 1987. Corr. 2nd Printing 1992, 25 January 1990

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 interactions * thermocline theory * finite amplitude barocline instability.