Roger G Barry, Richard J Chorley

Atmosphere, Weather and Climate

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In its ninth edition, Atmosphere, Weather and Climate is the essential introduction to weather processes and climatic conditions around the world, their observed variability and changes, and projected future trends. It presents a comprehensive coverage of global meteorology and climatology, and in this new edition the latest scientific ideas are expressed in a clear, non-mathematical matter.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 532
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 193mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1315g
• ISBN-13: 9780415465694
• ISBN-10: 0415465699
• Artikelnr.: 27386477

Autorenporträt

Roger G. Barry is Distinguished Professor of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder, Director of the World Data Center for Glaciology and the National Snow and Ice Data center, and a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. The late Richard J. Chorley was Professor of Geography at the University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction and History of Meteorology and Climatology 2. Atmospheric
Composition, Mass and Structure 3. Solar Radiation and the Global Energy
Budget 4. Atmospheric Moisture Budget 5. Atmospheric Instability, Cloud
Formation and Precipitation Processes 6. Atmospheric Motion: Principles 7.
Planetary-Scale Motions in the Atmosphere and Ocean 8. Modelling the
Atmospheric Circulation and Climate 9. Mid-Latitude Synoptic Systems 10.
Weather and Climate in Temperate and High Latitudes 11. Tropical Weather
and Climate 12. Boundary Layer Climates 13. Climate Change