Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part 1 Mathematical tools
- Part 2 Dynamics of the atmosphere
- 1 The laws of atmospheric motion
- 2 Scale analysis
- 3 The material and the local description of flow
- 4 Atmospheric flow fields
- 5 The Navier–Stokes stress tensor
- 6 The Helmholtz theorem
- 7 Kinematics of two-dimensional flow
- 8 Natural coordinates
- 9 Boundary surfaces and boundary conditions
- 10 Circulation and vorticity theorems
- 11 Turbulent systems
- 12 An excursion into spectral turbulence theory
- 13 The atmospheric boundary layer
- 14 Wave motion in the atmosphere
- 15 The barotropic model
- 16 Rossby waves
- 17 Inertial and dynamic stability
- 18 The equation of motion in general coordinate systems
- 19 The geographical coordinate system
- 20 The stereographic coordinate system
- 21 Orography-following coordinate systems
- 22 The stereographic system with a generalized vertical coordinate
- 23 A quasi-geostrophic baroclinic model
- 24 A two-level prognostic model, baroclinic instability
- 25 An excursion concerning numerical procedures
- 26 Modeling of atmospheric flow by spectral techniques
- 27 Predictability
- Answers to Problems
- List of frequently used symbols
- References and bibliography
- Index
9 - Boundary surfaces and boundary conditions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part 1 Mathematical tools
- Part 2 Dynamics of the atmosphere
- 1 The laws of atmospheric motion
- 2 Scale analysis
- 3 The material and the local description of flow
- 4 Atmospheric flow fields
- 5 The Navier–Stokes stress tensor
- 6 The Helmholtz theorem
- 7 Kinematics of two-dimensional flow
- 8 Natural coordinates
- 9 Boundary surfaces and boundary conditions
- 10 Circulation and vorticity theorems
- 11 Turbulent systems
- 12 An excursion into spectral turbulence theory
- 13 The atmospheric boundary layer
- 14 Wave motion in the atmosphere
- 15 The barotropic model
- 16 Rossby waves
- 17 Inertial and dynamic stability
- 18 The equation of motion in general coordinate systems
- 19 The geographical coordinate system
- 20 The stereographic coordinate system
- 21 Orography-following coordinate systems
- 22 The stereographic system with a generalized vertical coordinate
- 23 A quasi-geostrophic baroclinic model
- 24 A two-level prognostic model, baroclinic instability
- 25 An excursion concerning numerical procedures
- 26 Modeling of atmospheric flow by spectral techniques
- 27 Predictability
- Answers to Problems
- List of frequently used symbols
- References and bibliography
- Index
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- Dynamics of the AtmosphereA Course in Theoretical Meteorology, pp. 246 - 267Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003