出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/05 07:29 UTC 版)
Geophysical fluid dynamics is the study of naturally-occurring, large-scale flows on Earth and other planets. It is applied to the motion of fluids in the ocean and outer core, and to gases in the atmosphere of Earth and other planets. Two features that are common to many of the phenomena studied in geophysical fluid dynamics are rotation of the fluid due to the planetary rotation and stratification (layering). It does not generally include the circulation of the mantle, which is the subject of geodynamics, or fluid phenomena in the magnetosphere. Smaller scale flow features are the province of fields such as hydrology, physical oceanography and meteorology.