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Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics, by G. K. Vallis

Last updated on July 1 2005

Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics (PDF file, 750pp, 10MB)
copyright G. K. Vallis. All rights reserved.

The above link contains my notes on atmospheric and oceanic fluid dynamics. The notes contain material on basic GFD, waves instabilities and turbulence, and the general circulation of the atmosphere and ocean. The book is unfinished; it will be published by CUP when it is, and disappear from this website, probably later this year.

Legalese: You may download and use this book for personal, educational and research purposes only. You may use it as a text in a class. You may use the original figures in other publications provided you acknowledge the source and obtain permission from the author (i.e., me). Permission is hereby granted to use the figures or text as teaching aids or in presentations, provided acknowledgment is made. If you download these notes, you accept all of the above.

If you do download or use these notes, please send me an email, to gkv@princeton.edu

Please do not distribute copies of these notes yourself, but you may tell others about them and point them to this website.

The notes are constantly updated. Check the date of the notes to find out whether your version is current.