Handbook of weather, climate, and water :
Handbook of weather, climate, and water : dynamics, climate, physical meteorology, weather systems, and measurements /
edited by Thomas D. Potter and Bradley R. Colman.
- Hoboken, NJ. : Wiley-Interscience, c2003.
- xxvi, 973 σ. : εικ. ; 24 εκ.
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Preface -- Dedication and acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Section 1. Dynamic meteorology / 1.Overview. Atmospheric dynamics / 2. Fundamental forces and governing equations / 3. Circulation, vorticity, and potential vorticity / 4. Extratropical atmospheric circulations / 5. Dynamics of the tropical atmosphere / 6. Turbulence / 7. Predictability and chaos / 8. Historical overview of numerical weather prediction / Section 2. Teh climate system / 9. Overview: the climate system / 10. The ocean in climate / 11. Processes determining land surface climate / 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? / 14. The El Nino-Southern oscillation (Enso) system / Section 3. Physical meteorology / 15. Physical atmospheric science / 16. Moist Thermodynamics / 17. Thermodynamic analysis in the atmosphere / 18. Microphysical processes in the atmosphere / 19. Radiation in the atmosphere: foundations / 20. Radiation in the atmosphere: observations and applications / 21. The classification of clouds / 22. Atmospheric electricity and lightning / 23. Weather modification / 24. Atmospheric optics / Section 4. Weather systems / 25. Overview for weather systems / contributing editor Joseph Tribbia: -- Joseph Tribbia -- Murry Salby -- Paul J. Kushner -- Kyle Swanson -- Gerald Meehl -- Jackson R. Herring -- Jeffrey B. Weiss -- Eugenia Kalnay -- contributing editor Robert E. Dickinson: -- Robert E. Dickinson -- Edward S. Sarackik -- Gordon Bonan -- John Mitchell -- Kevin Trenberth -- contributing editor Gregory Tripoli: -- Gregory Tripoli -- Amanda S. Adams -- Amanda Adams -- Robert M. Rauber -- Robert Pincus and Steven A. Ackermann -- Steven A. Ackermann and Robert Pincus -- Arthur L. Rangno -- Walter A. Lyons and Earle R. Williams -- Harold D. Orville -- Craig F. Bohren -- contrributing editor John W. Nielsen-Gammon -- John W. Nielsen-Gammon. 26. Large-scale atmospheric systems / 27. Winter weather systems / 28. Terrain-forced mesoscale circulations -- 29. Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes / 30. Tropical precipitating systems -- 31. Hurricanes / 32. Modern weather forecasting / Section 5. Measurements / 33. Atmospheric measurements / 34. Challenges of measurements / 35. Measurement in the atmosphere / 36. Instrument development in the national weather services / 37. Consequence of instrument and siting changes / 38. Commercial response to measurement needs: development of wind monitor series of wind sensors / 39. Commercial response to measurement system design / 40. Design, calibration, and quality assurance needs of networks / 41. Data validity in the national archive / 42. Demands of forensic meteorology / 43. Surface layer in Situ or short-path measurements for electric utility operations / 44. Independent auditing aspects of measurement programs / 45. Regulatory approaches to quality assurance and quality control programs / 46. Measuring global temperature / 47. Satellite versis in Situ measurements at the air-sea interface / 48. Radar technologies in support of forecasting and research / 49. Basic research for military applications / 50. Challenge of snow measurements / Index. John W. Nielsen-Gammon -- John Gyakum -- H. Brooks, C. Doswell III, D. Dowell, D. Jorgenson, R. Holle, B. Johns, D. Schultz. D. Stensrud, S. Weiss, L. Wicker, and D. Zaras -- Frank D. Marks, Jr. -- Lawrence B. Dunn -- contributing editor Thomas J. Lockhart: -- Thomas J. Lockhart -- Thomas J. Lockhart -- John Hallett -- Joseph W. Schiesl -- Joseph W. Schiesl and Thomas B. Mckee -- Robert Young -- Alan L. Hinckley -- Scott J. Richardson and Fred V. Brock -- G.W. Goodge -- W.H. Haggard -- Robert N. Swanson -- Robert A. Baxter -- Paul M. Fransoli -- John R. Christy -- Kristina B. Katsaros -- Joshua Wurman -- W.D. Bach, Jr. -- Nolan J. Doesken --
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Preface -- Dedication and acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Section 1. Dynamic meteorology / 1.Overview. Atmospheric dynamics / 2. Fundamental forces and governing equations / 3. Circulation, vorticity, and potential vorticity / 4. Extratropical atmospheric circulations / 5. Dynamics of the tropical atmosphere / 6. Turbulence / 7. Predictability and chaos / 8. Historical overview of numerical weather prediction / Section 2. Teh climate system / 9. Overview: the climate system / 10. The ocean in climate / 11. Processes determining land surface climate / 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? / 14. The El Nino-Southern oscillation (Enso) system / Section 3. Physical meteorology / 15. Physical atmospheric science / 16. Moist Thermodynamics / 17. Thermodynamic analysis in the atmosphere / 18. Microphysical processes in the atmosphere / 19. Radiation in the atmosphere: foundations / 20. Radiation in the atmosphere: observations and applications / 21. The classification of clouds / 22. Atmospheric electricity and lightning / 23. Weather modification / 24. Atmospheric optics / Section 4. Weather systems / 25. Overview for weather systems / contributing editor Joseph Tribbia: -- Joseph Tribbia -- Murry Salby -- Paul J. Kushner -- Kyle Swanson -- Gerald Meehl -- Jackson R. Herring -- Jeffrey B. Weiss -- Eugenia Kalnay -- contributing editor Robert E. Dickinson: -- Robert E. Dickinson -- Edward S. Sarackik -- Gordon Bonan -- John Mitchell -- Kevin Trenberth -- contributing editor Gregory Tripoli: -- Gregory Tripoli -- Amanda S. Adams -- Amanda Adams -- Robert M. Rauber -- Robert Pincus and Steven A. Ackermann -- Steven A. Ackermann and Robert Pincus -- Arthur L. Rangno -- Walter A. Lyons and Earle R. Williams -- Harold D. Orville -- Craig F. Bohren -- contrributing editor John W. Nielsen-Gammon -- John W. Nielsen-Gammon. 26. Large-scale atmospheric systems / 27. Winter weather systems / 28. Terrain-forced mesoscale circulations -- 29. Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes / 30. Tropical precipitating systems -- 31. Hurricanes / 32. Modern weather forecasting / Section 5. Measurements / 33. Atmospheric measurements / 34. Challenges of measurements / 35. Measurement in the atmosphere / 36. Instrument development in the national weather services / 37. Consequence of instrument and siting changes / 38. Commercial response to measurement needs: development of wind monitor series of wind sensors / 39. Commercial response to measurement system design / 40. Design, calibration, and quality assurance needs of networks / 41. Data validity in the national archive / 42. Demands of forensic meteorology / 43. Surface layer in Situ or short-path measurements for electric utility operations / 44. Independent auditing aspects of measurement programs / 45. Regulatory approaches to quality assurance and quality control programs / 46. Measuring global temperature / 47. Satellite versis in Situ measurements at the air-sea interface / 48. Radar technologies in support of forecasting and research / 49. Basic research for military applications / 50. Challenge of snow measurements / Index. John W. Nielsen-Gammon -- John Gyakum -- H. Brooks, C. Doswell III, D. Dowell, D. Jorgenson, R. Holle, B. Johns, D. Schultz. D. Stensrud, S. Weiss, L. Wicker, and D. Zaras -- Frank D. Marks, Jr. -- Lawrence B. Dunn -- contributing editor Thomas J. Lockhart: -- Thomas J. Lockhart -- Thomas J. Lockhart -- John Hallett -- Joseph W. Schiesl -- Joseph W. Schiesl and Thomas B. Mckee -- Robert Young -- Alan L. Hinckley -- Scott J. Richardson and Fred V. Brock -- G.W. Goodge -- W.H. Haggard -- Robert N. Swanson -- Robert A. Baxter -- Paul M. Fransoli -- John R. Christy -- Kristina B. Katsaros -- Joshua Wurman -- W.D. Bach, Jr. -- Nolan J. Doesken --
0471214906
Atmospheric physics
Dynamic meteorology
Weather
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551.5 551.515
