Title Statements
- Full title :Dynamic meteorology : a basic course / Adrian Gordon ; Warwick Grace ; Peter Schwedtfeger ; Roland Byron-Scott (all of the School of Earth Sciences, Flinders University, Australia Bureau of Meteorology, Australia).
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:1997.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Arnold
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1997.
The Physical Object
- Description:344 pages : : references
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0340595035, 9780340595039, 0340705922, 9780340705926
- oclc:ocm60154408
- Dewey Decimal:551.515
Table of Contents
Introduction -- units and dimensions; the thermodynamics of dry clan air; the aerological diagram; the thermodynamics of moist air; hydrostatic equilibrium; the equations of motion (1) -- the Coriolos force; the equations of motion (2) -- derivation in various co-ordinates; balanced flow; unbalanced flow; Euler and Lagrange; vorticity; the long wave equations; the upper air synoptic chart; friction in the boundary layer of the atmosphere; some more advanced equations; synoptic observations and analysis; simple synoptic models; the tropical cyclone; radiant energy transfer; the radiation balance of the Earth; climate change.
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