Hello /sci/
Recently I've delved into Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, focusing on wave patterns: Kelvin, Rossby, Yanai and the such. I'm toying with satellite data (mostly altimetry) to see how the theory fits the observations.
Thing is: I'm still searching for a consistent grad level good source of information for gfd-related stuff. What is your go-to choice when it comes to theory? So far this is my take:
Kundu: complete but somewhat advanced, the thick of it is in tensor notation and I'd like to start with some good old vectors and build from that.
Pedlosky: straightforward and assumes this is not your first run, full of "as you can see this can be easily derived". Not so easy for us mere mortals, Joseph.
Gill: extensive, but a bit outdated. Has its own weird notation.
Cushman-Roisan: takes you by the hand, was a good starting point for me.
Leblond-Mysak: absolutely no idea wtf is going on there.
Rick Salmon: absolutely no idea wtf is going on there.
Marshall-Plumb: really cool stuff if you've got access to a rotating table!
Any good online resources? I've been looking for study groups/forums but can't quite find anything out there. Nick Hall has a cool youtube channel about it though, very didactic.
Recently I've delved into Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, focusing on wave patterns: Kelvin, Rossby, Yanai and the such. I'm toying with satellite data (mostly altimetry) to see how the theory fits the observations.
Thing is: I'm still searching for a consistent grad level good source of information for gfd-related stuff. What is your go-to choice when it comes to theory? So far this is my take:
Kundu: complete but somewhat advanced, the thick of it is in tensor notation and I'd like to start with some good old vectors and build from that.
Pedlosky: straightforward and assumes this is not your first run, full of "as you can see this can be easily derived". Not so easy for us mere mortals, Joseph.
Gill: extensive, but a bit outdated. Has its own weird notation.
Cushman-Roisan: takes you by the hand, was a good starting point for me.
Leblond-Mysak: absolutely no idea wtf is going on there.
Rick Salmon: absolutely no idea wtf is going on there.
Marshall-Plumb: really cool stuff if you've got access to a rotating table!
Any good online resources? I've been looking for study groups/forums but can't quite find anything out there. Nick Hall has a cool youtube channel about it though, very didactic.
