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Coastal meteorology /
Coastal meteorology is an integral part of the total system approach to understanding coastal environments. This book provides information for students who are not necessarily majoring in meteorology or atmospheric sciences but who nonetheless have need of such knowledge. Scientists, engineers, and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
[1988]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Coastal Meteorology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Composition of the Atmosphere; 1.2 The Physical Foundation; 1.3 Scales of Atmospheric Motion; 1.4 The Air-Sea-Land Boundary; 1.5 Scope of Coastal Meteorology; 1.6 Interdisciplinary Approach; Chapter 2. Radiation; 2.1 Some Physics of Radiation; 2.2 Solar and Terrestrial Radiation; 2.3 Radiation and Heat Balance; 2.4 Remote Sensing from Space; Chapter 3. Atmospheric Thermodynamics; 3.1 The Equation of State; 3.2 Some Principles of Thermodynamics; 3.3 Some Aspects of Moist Air.
- 3.4 Atmospheric StabilityChapter 4. Atmospheric Dynamics; 4.1 The Continuity Equation; 4.2 The Equations of Motion; 4.3 Horizontal Motion under Balance of Forces; 4.4 The Equation of Motion in Turbulent Flow; 4.5 Some Kinematics of Fluid Flow; Chapter 5. Synoptic Meteorology; 5.1 The General Circulation; 5.2 Air Masses and Fronts; 5.3 Extratropical Cyclones and Cyclogenesis; 5.4 Tropical Storms; 5.5 Some Aspects of Weather Analysis and Forecasting; Chapter 6. Atmospheric Boundary Layers and Air-Sea Interaction; 6.1 The Surface Boundary Layer; 6.2 The Logarithmic Wind Profile.
- 6.3 The Nonadiabatic Wind Profile6.4 Profiles of Temperature and Humidity; 6.5 The Transition (or Ekman) Layer; 6.6 Surface Fluxes of Momentum, Heat, and Moisture; 6.7 Wind Stress (Drag) Coefficient over Water Surfaces; 6.8 Some Aspects of Air-Sea Interactions across Ocean Fronts; Chapter 7. Air-Sea-Land Interaction; 7.1 Land- and Sea-Breeze Systems; 7.2 Coastal Upwelling; 7.3 Coastal Fog; 7.4 Coastal Jets; 7.5 Other Coastal Phenomena; Chapter 8. Engineering Meteorology; 8.1 Estimating Wind Speeds for Offshore Applications; 8.2 Estimates of Atmospheric Dispersion.
- 8.3 Vertical Variations of Wind Speed8.4 Radiometeorology; 8.5 Storm Surges; 8.6 Estimating Wind Waves and Ocean Currents; 8.7 Sand Transport by Wind Action; 8.8 Transport of Sea Salts in the Shoreline Environment; Appendix A: Units, Constants, and Conversions; Appendix B: The Beaufort Wind Scale; Appendix C: The Saffir/Simpson Damage-Potential Scale; Appendix D: Decomposition of the Vector Wind into u and v Components; Appendix E: List of Symbols for Surface Analyses; References; Index.