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Quasi-Geostrophic Theory of Oceans and Atmosphere: Topics in the Dynamics and Thermodynamics of the Fluid Earth - Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library Fabio Cavallini 2013 edition
Quasi-Geostrophic Theory of Oceans and Atmosphere: Topics in the Dynamics and Thermodynamics of the Fluid Earth - Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library
Fabio Cavallini
Chapter 2 deals with the equations of thermodynamics that close the governing equations of the fluids. Chapter 4 considers the two-layer model, as an introduction to baroclinic flows, together with the concept of available potential energy.
386 pages, biography