UID:
almafu_9959328108102883
Format:
xxvi, 973 pages :
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illustrations (some color) ;
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24 cm
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2004. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Edition:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN:
0471721603
,
9780471721604
,
0471214906
,
9780471214908
Note:
Machine derived contents note: Preface. -- Dedication and Acknowledgments. -- Contributors. -- Section 1. Dynamic Meteorology (Joseph Tribbia). -- 1. Overview-Atmospheric Dynamics (Joseph Tribbia). -- 2. Fundamental Forces and Governing Equations (Murry Salby). -- 3. Circulation, Vorticity, and Potential Vorticity (Paul Kushner). -- 4. Extratropical Atmospheric Circulations (Kyle Swanson). -- 5. Tropical Dynamics of the Tropical Atmosphere (Gerald Meehl). -- 6. Turbulence (Jackson R. Herring). -- 7. Predictability And Chaos (Jeffrey B. Weiss). -- 8. Historical Overview of Numerical Weather Prediction (Eugenia Kalnay). -- Section 2. The Climate System (Robert Dickinson). -- 9. Overview: The Climate System (Robert E. Dickinson). -- 10. The Ocean in Climate (Edward S. Sarachik). -- 11. Processes Determining Land Surface Climate (Gordon Bonan). -- 12. Observations of Climate and Global Change from Real-Time Measurements (David R. Easterling and Thomas R. Karl). -- 13. Why Should We Believe Predictions of Future Climate? (John Mitchell). -- 14. The El Niǫ-Southern Oscillation (Enso) System ( Kevin Trenberth). -- Section 3. Physical Meteorology (Gregory Tripoli). -- 15. Physical Atmospheric Science (Gregary Tripoli). -- 16. Atmospheric Thermodynamics (Gregary Tripoli). -- 17. Thermodynamic Analysis in The Atmosphere (Amanda Adams). -- 18. Microphysical Processes in The Atmosphere (Robert M. Rauber). -- 19. Radiation in The Atmosphere: Foundations (Robert Pincus and Steven A. Ackermann). -- 20. Radiation in The Atmosphere: Observations and Applications (Steven A. Ackermann and Robert Pincus). -- 21. Clouds (A. Rangno). -- 22. Atmospheric Electricity and Lightning (Walter A. Lyons and Earle R. Williams). -- 23. Weather Modification (Harold D. Orville). -- 24. Atmospheric Optics (Craig F. Bohren). -- Section4. Weather Systems (John Nielsen-Gammon) -- 25. Overview for Weather Systems (John W. Nielsen-Gammon). -- 26. Large-Scale Atmospheric Systems (John Nielsen-Gammon) -- 27. Winter Weather Systems (John Gyakum). -- 28. Terrain-Forced Mesoscale Circulations (John Horel). -- 29. Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes (H. Brooks, et al.). -- 30. Tropical Precipitating systems (Edward J. Zipser). -- 31. Hurricanes (Frank D. Marks, Jr.). -- 32. Modern Weather Forecasting (Lawrence B. Dunn). -- SECTION 5. MEASUREMENTS (J. Lockhart) -- 33. Overview (Thomas J. Lockhart). -- 34 Challenges of Measurements (T. Lockart). -- 35. Measurement in The Atmosphere (John Hallett). -- 36. Instrument Development in The National Weather Services (Joseph W. Schiesl). -- 37. Consequences of Instrument and Siting Changes (Joseph W. Schiesl and Thomas B. Mckee). -- 38. Commercial Response to Measurement Needs: Development of Wind Monitor Series of Wind Sensors (Robert Young). -- 39. Commercial Response to Measurement System Design (Alan L. Hinckley). -- 40. Design, Calibration, and Quality Assurance Needs of Networks (Scott J. Richardson and Fred V. Brock). -- 41. Data Validity in the National Archive (G. W. Goodge). -- 42. Demands of Forensic Meteorology (W. H. Haggard). -- 43. Surface Layer In Situ or Short-Path Measurements for Electric Utility Operations (Robert N. Swanson). -- 44. Independent Auditing Aspects Of Measurement Programs (R.A. Baxter). -- 45. Regulatory Approaches to Quality Assurance and Quality Control Programs (Paul M. Fransoli). -- 46. Measuring Global Temperature (John R. Christy). -- 47. Satellite Versus In Situ Measurements at the Air-Sea Interface (Kristina B. Katsaros). -- 48. Radar Technologies in Support of Forecasting And Research (Josh Wurman) -- 49. Basic Research for Military Applications (W. D. Bach). -- 50. Challenges of Snow Measurements (Nolan J. Doesken).
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0471214906
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0471203424
Language:
English
Keywords:
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0471721603
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0471721603
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0471721603
