The Ceaseless Wind: An Introduction to the Theory of Atmospheric MotionCourier Corporation, 01.06.2002 - 617 Seiten Internationally acclaimed text provides integrative presentation of concepts of atmospheric dynamics: atmospheric structure, equations of motion in inertial coordinates, meteorological equations of motion, moisture processes, models of the wind, atmospheric energetics, vorticity, atmospheric wave motion, and the quasi-geostropic theory of large-scale flow. More than 400 problems. 97 illustrations. |
Inhalt
Part One Foundations of Atmospheric Dynamics | 1 |
Some Basic Physical and Mathematical Concepts | 16 |
3 | 45 |
The Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere | 60 |
4 | 69 |
Vector and Tensor Analysis and the Fundamental | 96 |
4 | 124 |
6 | 136 |
Part Three The Theory of Atmospheric Motion | 287 |
Vorticity | 332 |
Global Thermodynamics | 399 |
Atmospheric Wave Motion | 452 |
Approximate Equations of Motion for SmallScale | 488 |
The Quasigeostrophic Theory of LargeScale Flow | 512 |
Atmospheric Modeling and Metamodeling | 554 |
The First Law of Thermodynamics | 585 |
Part Two The Equations of Atmospheric Motion | 167 |
3 | 175 |
5 | 183 |
9 | 206 |
Water in the Air | 256 |
Useful Formulas Identities and Constants | 592 |
| 599 | |
| 615 | |
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