Roger G. Barry (USA University of Colorado at Boulder), Richard J Chorley (USA University of Colorado)

Atmosphere, Weather and Climate

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents an introduction to the weather processes and climatic conditions around the world, their observed variability and changes, and projected trends. This book offers a comprehensive coverage of global meteorology and climatology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 532
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 190mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1018g
• ISBN-13: 9780415465700
• ISBN-10: 0415465702
• Artikelnr.: 26218075

Autorenporträt

Roger G. Barry is Distinguished Professor of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder, Director of the World Data Center for Glaciology and the National Snow and Ice Data center, and a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. The late Richard J. Chorley was Professor of Geography at the University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction and History of Meteorology and Climatology 2. Atmospheric
Composition, Mass and Structure 3. Solar Radiation and the Global Energy
Budget 4. Atmospheric Moisture Budget 5. Atmospheric Instability, Cloud
Formation and Precipitation Processes 6. Atmospheric Motion: Principles 7.
Planetary-Scale Motions in the Atmosphere and Ocean 8. Modelling the
Atmospheric Circulation and Climate 9. Mid-Latitude Synoptic Systems 10.
Weather and Climate in Temperate and High Latitudes 11. Tropical Weather
and Climate 12. Boundary Layer Climates 13. Climate Change