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Autore |
Holton James R |
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Titolo |
An introduction to dynamic meteorology / / James Holton |
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Amsterdam ; ; London, : Elsevier, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-96137-6 |
9786610961375 |
0-08-047021-1 |
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Edizione |
[4th ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (553 p.) |
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Collana |
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International geophysics series ; ; vol. 88 |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Dynamic meteorology |
Meteorology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 1.1 THE ATMOSPHERIC CONTINUUM; 1.2 PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS AND UNITS; 1.3 SCALE ANALYSIS; 1.4 FUNDAMENTAL FORCES; 1.4.1 Pressure Gradient Force; 1.4.2 Gravitational Force; 1.4.3 Viscous Force; 1.5 NONINERTIALREFERENCEFRAMESAND?APPARENTŽ FORCES; 1.5.1 Centripetal Acceleration and Centrifugal Force; 1.5.2 Gravity Force; 1.5.3 The Coriolis Force and the Curvature Effect; 1.5.4 Constant Angular Momentum Oscillations; 1.6 STRUCTURE OF THE STATIC ATMOSPHERE; 1.6.1 The Hydrostatic Equation; 1.6.2 Pressure as a Vertical Coordinate |
1.6.3 A Generalized Vertical CoordinatePROBLEMS 1; MATLAB EXERCISES 1; Suggested References 1; 2. Basic Conservation Laws; 2.1 TOTAL DIFFERENTIATION; 2.1.1 Total Differentiation of a Vector in a Rotating System; 2.2 THE VECTORIAL FORM OF THE MOMENTUM EQUATION IN ROTATING COORDINATES; 2.3 COMPONENT EQUATIONS IN SPHERICAL COORDINATES; 2.4 SCALE ANALYSIS OF THE EQUATIONS OF MOTION; 2.4.1 Geostrophic Approximation and GeostrophicWind; 2.4.2 Approximate Prognostic Equations; the Rossby Number; 2.4.3 The Hydrostatic Approximation; 2.5 THE CONTINUITY EQUATION; 2.5.1 An Eulerian Derivation |
2.5.2 A Lagrangian Derivation2.5.3 Scale Analysis of the Continuity |
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