An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology

✍ Scribed by James R. Holton (Eds.)

• Publisher: Academic Press, Elsevier
• Year: 1972
• Leaves: 323
• Series: International Geophysics 16
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
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Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Pages ix-x

Acknowledgments
Page xi

Chapter 1 Introduction
Pages 1-20

Chapter 2 The Momentum Equation
Pages 21-33

Chapter 3 Elementary Applications of the Horizontal Equations of Motion
Pages 34-53

Chapter 4 The Continuity Equation
Pages 54-60

Chapter 5 Circulation and Vorticity
Pages 61-80

Chapter 6 The Planetary Boundary Layer
Pages 81-94

Chapter 7 Diagnostic Analysis of Synoptic Scale Motions in Middle Latitudes
Pages 95-119

Chapter 8 Numerical Prediction
Pages 120-160

Chapter 9 Atmospheric Oscillations Linear Perturbation Theory
Pages 161-183

Chapter 10 The Origin and Motion of Midlatitude Synoptic Systems
Pages 184-210

Chapter 11 The General Circulation
Pages 211-260

Chapter 12 Tropical Motion Systems
Pages 261-299

Appendix A Useful Constants
Page 301

Appendix B List of Symbols
Pages 302-304

Appendix C Decomposition of a Vector into the Sum of Irrotational and Nondivergent Parts
Pages 305-306

Appendix D The Equivalent Potential Temperature
Pages 307-308

Bibliography
Pages 309-311

Index
Pages 312-319