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1 online resource (342 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction: units and dimensions; 1.1 Historical perspective of meteorology; 1.2 Dimensions; 1.3 Units; 1.4 Problems; Chapter 2 The thermodynamics of dry clean air; 2.1 Structure and composition of the atmosphere; 2.2 The scientific method; 2.3 The equation of state of a perfect gas; 2.4 The universal gas constant; 2.5 Mixture of gases; 2.6 Molecular weight of dry air; 2.7 Work; 2.8 Heat; 2.9 The first law of thermodynamics; 2.10 Specific heats of gases; 2.11 Adiabatic process |
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2.12 Potential temperature2.13 Entropy; 2.14 Problems; Chapter 3 The aerological diagram; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Different kinds of diagrams; 3.3 The skew (T, -- logp) diagram; 3.4 The tephigram; 3.5 Work and energy on the tephigram; 3.6 Problems; Chapter 4 The thermodynamics of moist air; 4.1 Water substance and water vapour; 4.2 Equation of state for water vapour; 4.3 Specific heats of water substance; 4.4 Change of phase; 4.5 Variation of latent heat with temperature; 4.6 Clapeyron's equation; 4.7 Clapeyron and global warming; 4.8 Supercooled water; 4.9 Moist air |
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4.10 The virtual temperature4.11 Specific heats of moist air; 4.12 Adiabatic process of unsaturated air; 4.13 The adiabatic processes for moist saturated air; 4.14 Exact equation for the rain stage of the pseudo-adiabatic process; 4.15 Exact equation of the reversible saturation adiabatic process; 4.16 Simplified equation of the adiabatic process of saturated air; 4.17 Isobaric warming and cooling; 4.18 Hygrometric equation; 4.19 Construction of saturation adiabats; 4.20 Normand's theorem; 4.21 Some useful empirical relationships; 4.22 Problems; Chapter 5 Hydrostatic equilibrium |
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5.1 What is hydrostatic equilibrium?5.2 The hydrostatic equation; 5.3 Definition of lapse rate; 5.4 The thickness equation; 5.5 Pressure-height formulae in model atmospheres; 5.5.1 Dry atmosphere with a constant lapse rate; 5.5.2 Height and lapse rate of a homogeneous atmosphere; 5.5.3 The dry adiabatic atmosphere; 5.6 Stability and instability; 5.7 Energy of displacement; 5.8 Convective available potential energy; 5.9 Lapse rate for unsaturated air; 5.10 Lapse rate for saturated air; 5.11 Problems; Chapter 6 The equations of motion: 1 The Coriolis force; 6.1 Introduction |
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6.2 Motion as observed with reference to a fixed frame of coordinates6.3 Motion as observed in a rotating frame of coordinates; 6.3.1 The bear and the penguin; 6.3.2 The carousel or merry-go-round; 6.3.3 A simple practical example of the Coriolis force; 6.3.4 Simple mathematical derivation of the Coriolis force; 6.3.5 The Foucault pendulum; 6.4 Conclusion; 6.5 Problems; Chapter 7 The equations of motion: 2 Derivation in various coordinates; 7.1 The pressure gradient force; 7.2 The spherical earth; 7.3 The equations of motion |
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7.4 Derivation of the components of the Coriolis force from the law of the conservation of angular momentum |
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Print version record |
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Dynamic meteorology.
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Dynamic meteorology
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Grace, Warwick
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Byron-Scott, Roland A. D. (Roland Alexander David), 1932-2004.
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Schwerdtfeger, Peter
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| ISBN |
9781317836421 |
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1317836421 |
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