The Rotation of the Earth by Walter H Munk
This book gives an account of certain observed irregularities on the rotation of the Earth, both in its rate of rotation (giving a variable length of day) and in the position of its axis. These irregularities are caused by events on and within the Earth and provide a means of studying a number of geophysical problems. Seasonal shifts in air masses and variable winds are causes of short-period fluctuations in the rotation. Climatic changes and their attendant sea levels are in part responsible for long-term fluctuations. Modern observations of the Moon and descriptions of ancient elipses both establish a secular increase in the length of day. The interpretation involves atmospheric, oceanic and bodily tides. The book provides a unified treatment of the rotation of the Earth, making this method of studying geophysical phenomena more readily accessible to geophysicists and others.-
Theory and Computation in Hydrodynamic Stability
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GravityCapillary Free-Surface Flows
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Vortex Dynamics
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The Theory of Rotating Fluids
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Hydrodynamic Stability
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The Structure of Turbulent Shear Flow
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Match Pointers
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Microstructural Rheology of Complex Fluids
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Theory and Modeling of Rotating Fluids
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Turbulent Combustion
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Plasticity
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Ocean Acoustic Tomography
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The Excitation and Propagation of Elastic Waves
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Elastic Waves at High Frequencies
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The Physics and Mathematics of Adiabatic Shear Bands
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Finite Plastic Deformation of Crystalline Solids
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Colloidal Dispersions
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Theory of Solidification
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Acoustics of Fluid-Structure Interactions
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Sound Transmission through a Fluctuating Ocean
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Inverse Methods in Physical Oceanography
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Principles of Earthquake Source Mechanics
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Topographic Effects in Stratified Flows
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Reciprocity in Elastodynamics
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The Earth's Variable Rotation
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The Fluid Mechanics of Large Blood Vessels
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Theory of Laminar Flames
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Lagrangian Fluid Dynamics
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The Dynamics of Fluidized Particles
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Dynamic Fracture Mechanics
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An Introduction to Fourier Analysis and Generalised Functions
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Buoyancy Effects in Fluids
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Turbulence, Coherent Structures, Dynamical Systems and Symmetry
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Magnetoconvection
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Benard Cells and Taylor Vortices
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521104067 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521104068 |
| Title | The Rotation of the Earth |
| Author | Walter H Munk |
| Series | Cambridge Monographs On Mechanics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2009-03-19 |
| Number of pages | 348 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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