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Author Mak, Mankin, 1939-

Title Atmospheric dynamics / Mankin Mak
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 486 pages) : illustrations
Contents Fundamental concepts and physical laws -- Basic approximations and elementary flows -- Vorticity and potential vorticity dynamics -- Friction and boundary layers -- Fundamentals of wave dynamics -- Quasi-geostrophic theory and two-layer model -- Dynamic adjustment -- Instability theories -- Stationary planetary wave dynamics -- Wave-mean flow interaction -- Equilibration dynamics of baroclinic waves --Nongeostrophic dynamics -- Appendix. Mathematical tools
Summary New textbook providing a self-contained course on atmospheric dynamics for advanced students and researchers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 476-480) and index
Notes English
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Subject Atmospheric physics -- Textbooks
Meteorology -- Textbooks
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
Atmospheric physics
Meteorology
Genre/Form Textbooks
Form Electronic book
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