Ian N. James, I. N. James

Introduction to Circulating Atmospheres

Herausgeber: Dessler, Alexander J.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An advanced undergraduate text on the large scale circulation of the atmosphere.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 860g
• ISBN-13: 9780521429351
• ISBN-10: 0521429358
• Artikelnr.: 21443522

Inhaltsangabe

1. The governing physical laws
2. Observing and modelling the global circulation
3. The atmospheric heat engine
4. The zonal mean meridional circulation
5. Transient disturbances in the mid-latitudes
6. Wave propagation and the steady eddies
7. Three dimensional aspects of the global circulation
8. Low frequency variability of the circulation
9. The stratosphere
10. Planetary atmospheres and other fluid systems.