Dynamic meteorology — Details & Specifications

Title Statements

Full title :Dynamic meteorology : a basic course / Adrian Gordon [and three others].

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abindon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

Notes

"First publisheed 1998 by Hodder Education."

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781317836414, 1317836413
oclc:ocn949275457
LC Classification:QC880
Dewey Decimal:551.5

Ch. 1. Introduction : units and dimensions -- ch. 2. The thermodynamics of dry clean air -- ch. 3. The aerological diagram -- ch. 4. The thermodynamics of moist air -- ch. 5. Hydrostatic equilibrium -- ch. 6. The equations of motion : 1. The Coriolis force -- ch. 7. The equations of motion : 2. Derivation in various coordinates -- ch. 8. Balanced flow -- ch. 9. Unbalanced flow -- ch. 10. Euler and Lagrange -- ch. 11. Vorticity -- ch. 12. The long-wave equations -- ch. 13. The upper air synoptic chart -- ch. 14. Friction in the boundary layer of the atmosphere -- ch. 15. Some more advanced equations -- ch. 16. Synoptic observations and analysis -- ch. 17. Simple synoptic models -- ch. 18. The tropical cyclone -- ch. 19. Radiant energy transfer -- ch. 20. The radiation balance of the earth -- ch. 21. Climate change.