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Lagrangian Oceanography
This book uses the Lagrangian approach, especially useful and convenient for studying large-scale transport and mixing in the ocean, to present a detailed view of ocean circulation. This approach focuses on simulations and on monitoring the trajectories of fluid particles, which are governed by advection equations. The first chapter of the book is devoted to dynamical systems theory methods, which provide the framework, methodology and key concepts for the Lagrangian approach. The book then moves on to an analysis of chaotic mixing and cross-stream transport in idealized models of oceanic meandering currents like the Gulfstream in the Atlantic, the Kuroshio in the Pacific, and Antarctic Circ...
ICONO 2001
This volume examines fundamental aspects of laser-matter interaction and physics of nanostructures.
Ray and Wave Chaos in Ocean Acoustics
1. Ray and wave propagation. 1.1. Underwater sound channel. 1.2. Basic equations. 1.3. Geometrical optics approximations and optical-mechanical analogy. The Hamiltonian formalism. 1.4. Ray travel times. 1.5. Range-dependent environments. 1.6. Acoustic ocean tomography. 1.7. Experiments on long-range sound propagation. 1.8. Summary -- 2. Ray chaos. 2.1. Hamiltonian chaos. 2.2. Lyapunov instability. 2.3. Ray-medium resonance. 2.4. Overlapping of resonances. 2.5. Vertical resonance. 2.6. Manifestation of regular and chaotic ray motion in distributions of ray travel times. 2.7. Summary -- 3. Wave chaos. 3.1. The problem of wave chaos. 3.2. Normal modes. 3.3. Mode coupling under chaotic condition...
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The Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Composition from Space
The impact of anthropogenic activities on our atmospheric environment is of growing public concern and satellite-based techniques now provide an essential component of observational strategies on regional and global scales. The purpose of this book is to summarise the state of the art in the field in general, while describing both key techniques and findings in particular. It opens with an historical perspective of the field together with the basic principles of remote sensing from space. Three chapters follow on the techniques and on the solutions to the problems associated with the various spectral regions in which observations are made. The particular challenges posed by aerosols and clou...
Ray And Wave Chaos In Ocean Acoustics: Chaos In Waveguides
A systematic study of chaotic ray dynamics in underwater acoustic waveguides began in the mid-1990s when it was realized that this factor plays a crucial role in long-range sound propagation in the ocean. The phenomenon of ray chaos and its manifestation at a finite wavelength — wave chaos — have been investigated by combining methods from the theory of wave propagation and the theory of dynamical and quantum chaos.This book is the first monograph summarizing results obtained in this field. Emphasis is made on the exploration of ray and modal structures of the wave field in an idealized environmental model with periodic range dependence and in a more realistic model with sound speed fluctuations induced by random internal waves. The book is intended for acousticians investigating the long-range sound transmission through the fluctuating ocean and also for researchers studying waveguide propagation in other media. It will be of major interest to scientists working in the field of dynamical and quantum chaos.
Turbulence and Dispersion in the Planetary Boundary Layer
This book offers a comprehensive review of our current understanding of the planetary boundary layer, particularly the turbulent exchanges of momentum, heat and passive scalars between the surface of the Earth and the atmosphere. It presents and discusses the observations and the theory of the turbulent boundary layer, both for homogeneous and more realistic heterogeneous surface conditions, as well as the dispersion of tracers. Lastly it addresses the main problems arising due to turbulence in weather, climate and atmospheric composition numerical models. Written for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate-level students and atmospheric researchers, it is also of interest to anyone wanting to understand the findings and obtain an update on problems that have yet to be solved.
Assisted Phytoremediation
"Explores potential tools to enhance plant performance for remediation of pollutants" -- Back cover.
Nonlinear Dynamics of Nanosystems
A discussion of the fundamental changes that occur when dynamical systems from the fields of nonlinear optics, solids, hydrodynamics and biophysics are scaled down to nanosize. The authors are leading scientists in the field and each of their contributions provides a broader introduction to the specific area of research. In so doing, they include both the experimental and theoretical point of view, focusing especially on the effects on the nonlinear dynamical behavior of scaling, stochasticity and quantum mechanics. For everybody working on the synthesis and integration of nanoscopic devices who sooner or later will have to learn how to deal with nonlinear effects.
