Environmental Fluid Mechanics (EFM) is the study of motions and transport processes in earth’s hydrosphere and atmosphere on a local or regional scale (up to 100 km). At larger scales, the Coriolis force due to earth’s rotation must be considered, and this is the topic of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Sticking purely to EFM in this book, we will be concerned with the interaction of flow, …
This book is written for upper-division undergraduates and new graduate students in meteorology, ocean engineering, and oceanography. Because these students have a diverse background, I have emphasized ideas and concepts more than mathematical derivations.