The instructor's manual to a work which introduces the fundamental principles of meteorology, explaining storm dynamics and the dynamics of climate and its global implications.
International Geophysics Series
This latest edition of Atmospheric Science, has been revamped in terms of content and appearance.
The book introduces the fundamentals of geophysical fluid dynamics, including rotation and stratification, vorticity and potential vorticity, and scaling and approximations.
David Randall. CHAPTER 1. Perpetual. Motion. The atmosphere circulates. The circulation is global in extent (see fig. 1.1). The circulating mass consists of “dry air” and three phases of water. Energy and momentum are carried with the air ...
The text will be appreciated by meteorologists, environmentalists, students studying hydrology, and people working in general earth sciences.
The ocean has entranced mankind for as long as we have gazed upon it, traversed it, dived into it, and studied it. It remains ever changing and seemingly never changing.
The first two chapters of the book provide an introductory overview of biogeochemical and physical oceanography.
Understanding the Changing Planet outlines eleven strategic directions to focus research and leverage new technologies to harness the potential that the geographical sciences offer.
Fiber Optic Communications
The Second Edition features an amplified selection of Presocratic fragments in newly revised translations by Richard D. McKirahan.