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Synopsis
I: General Concepts.- 1. Equations of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics.- 1. Thermodynamics.- 2. Stratification.- 3. Fluid Dynamics.- 4. Potential Vorticity.- 5. Energy.- 6. Hydrodynamic Systems.- 2. Small Oscillations.- 7. Types of Adiabatic Motions.- 8. Small Oscillations of an Isothermal Atmosphere.- 9. Adaptation.- 10. Laplace Tidal Equation.- 3. Hydrodynamic Instability.- 11. Instability of an Ideal Fluid.- 12. Baroclinic Instability.- 13. Bifurcations.- 14. Instability of a Viscous Fluid.- 15. Stochasticity.- 16. Stochastization Scenarios.- 17. Taylor and Lorenz Flows.- II: Processes.- 4. Surface Waves.- 18. Linear Theory.- 19. Ray Theory.- 20. Stationary Waves.- 21. Stationary Potential Waves.- 22. Stationary Gravity Waves.- 23. Stationary Capillary Waves.- 24. Hamiltonian Formalism.- 25. Wind Waves.- 5. Internal Waves.- 26. Linear Theory.- 27. Ray Theory.- 28. Stationary Waves.- 29. Generation of Microstructure.- 30. Hamiltonian Formalism.- 31. Spectra.- 32. Inertial Oscillations.- 6. Geophysical Turbulence.- 33. Statistical Fluid Mechanics.- 34. Turbulence in Stratified Media.- 35. Vertical Thinly Laminated Microstructure.- 36. Boundary Layers.- 37. Geostrophic Turbulence.- 7. Rossby Waves.- 38. Linear Theory.- 39. Topographic Waves.- 40. Stationary Waves.- 41. Hamiltonian Formalism.- 42. Generation and Dissipation.- III: Global Problems.- 8. General Circulation of the Atmosphere and Ocean.- 43. General Circulation of the Atmosphere.- 44. Similarity Theory for the Circulation of Planetary Atmospheres.- 45. Numerical Models of the General Circulation of the Atmosphere.- 46. Circulation of the World Ocean.- 47. Eddy-Resolving Models.- 9. Theory of Climate.- 48. Concept of Climate.- 49. Simplified Climate Models.- 50. Three-Dimensional Numerical Models.- 51. Modeling of Glacial Periods.- 10. Fluid Dynamics of Planetary Interiors.- 52. Fluid Dynamics of the Earth's Core.- 53. Hydromagnetic Dynamos.- 54. Evolution of Planetary Interiors.- 55. Mantle Convection.- Selected References.
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