An Introduction to Atmospheric Physics
An Introduction to Atmospheric Physics
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GBPA quantitative introduction to the Earth's atmosphere for intermediate-advanced undergraduate and graduate students, with an emphasis on underlying physical principles. This edition has been brought completely up-to-date, and now includes a new chapter on the physics of climate change which builds upon material introduced in earlier chapters, giving the student a broad understanding of some of the physical concepts underlying this most important and topical subject. In contrast to many other books on atmospheric science, the emphasis is on the underlying physics. Atmospheric applications are developed mainly in the problems given at the end of each chapter. The book is an essential resource for all students of atmospheric physics as part of an atmospheric science, meteorology, physics, Earth science, planetary science, or applied mathematics course.
- Uses a variety of basic physical principles, together with standard mathematical tools familiar to physics students, to build up an understanding of the most important atmospheric phenomena
- Places an emphasis on the underlying physics, while atmospheric applications are developed mainly in the problems at the end of chapters, which help students test their understanding of the material
- Solutions to the student problems and all the figures from the book are available for instructors to download from the book's website
- A new chapter builds on material covered earlier to give students a broad understanding of the physical concepts underlying the topic of climate change
Reviews & endorsements
'… I strongly recommend [this] book, both because there is no other recent text that covers the same material and because of the high quality … The author does an exceptional job of organising the presentation of complex material, and manages to explain it in terms that are accessible to undergraduates and more senior students, as well as people with a more casual interest in the topics who seek a basic understanding of the physical principles.' Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Product details
April 2010Paperback
9780521693189
248 pages
246 × 190 × 13 mm
0.53kg
115 b/w illus. 2 tables 75 exercises
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Atmospheric thermodynamics
- 3. Atmospheric radiation
- 4. Basic fluid dynamics
- 5. Further atmospheric fluid dynamics
- 6. Stratospheric chemistry
- 7. Atmospheric remote sounding
- 8. Climate change
- 9. Atmospheric modelling
- Appendix A. Useful physical constants
- Appendix B. Derivation of the equations of motion in spherical coordinates
- References
- Index.
