Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Figures from the book


The figures from the book may be downloaded by clicking on the links below.
PDF, Keynote and Powerpoint files are available.

Please note the size and format of the files before trying to download!

All Figures:

All figures (single PDF file, 30 MB)
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All figures (zip file containing all the figures as individual PDF files, 28 MB)

All figures (Keynote, 62 MB)

All figures (Powerpoint, medium resolution, 25 MB)
All figures (Powerpoint, high resolution, 120 MB)

The figures in the keynote file are PDFs. The figures in the powerpoint are PNGs. The 'medium resolution' powerpoint file should be fine for many display purposes.

Subsets of Figures:

Figures for Part 1: Fundamentals of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Figures for Part 2: Waves, Instabilities and Turbulence (PDF, 7 MB)
Figures for Part 3: Atmospheric Circulation (PDF, 10 MB)
Figures for Part 4: Oceanic Circulation (PDF, 13 MB)


You are hereby given permission to use any of these figures in a presentation or a publication provided that you provide appropriate reference to Vallis (2017). The full reference is:

Vallis, G. K., 2017. Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Large-scale Circulation, 2nd edn. Cambridge University Press. 946 pp.

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