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Middle atmosphere dynamics /
For advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in atmospheric, oceanic, and climate science, Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics is an introductory textbook on the circulations of the atmosphere and ocean and their interaction, with an emphasis on global scales. It will give students...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Orlando :
Academic Press,
1987.
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| Colección: | International geophysics series ;
v. 40. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Middle Atmosphere Dynamics; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 The Static Structure of the Middle Atmosphere; 1.2 Zonal Mean Temperature and Wind Distributions; 1.3 Composition of the Middle Atmosphere; 1.4 The Vertical Distribution of Eddy Amplitudes; 1.5 Observational Techniques; References; Chapter 2. Radiative Processes and Remote Sounding; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Fundamentals; 2.3 Gaseous Absorption Spectra; 2.4 Transmission Functions; 2.5 Infrared Radiative Exchange and Radiative Damping.
- 2.6 Departure from Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium2.7 Absorption of Solar Radiation; 2.8 Radiative Equilibrium Temperature and Heating-Rate Distributions; 2.9 Remote Sounding; References; Chapter 3. Basic Dynamics; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Beta-Plane Approximation and Quasi-Geostrophic Theory; 3.3 The Eulerian-Mean Equations; 3.4 Linearized Disturbances to Zonal-Mean Flows; 3.5 The Transformed Eulerian-Mean Equations; 3.6 The Generalized Eliassen-Palm Theorem and the Charney-Drazin Nonacceleration Theorem; 3.7 The Lagrangian Approach; 3.8 Isentropic Coordinates.
- 3.9 The Zonal-Mean Equations in Isentropic CoordinatesAppendix 3A. Derivation of Some Equations in Isentropic Coordinates; Appendix 3B. Boundary Conditions on the Residual Circulation; References; Chapter 4. Linear Wave Theory; 4.1 Introduction and Classification of Wave Types; 4.2 Wave Disturbances to a Resting Spherical Atmosphere; 4.3 Atmospheric Thermal Tides; 4.4 Free Traveling Planetary Waves; 4.5 Forced Planetary Waves; 4.6 Gravity Waves; 4.7 Equatorial Waves; Appendix 4A. Ray-Tracing Theory and Wave Action in a Slowly Varying Medium; References.
- Chapter 5. Extratropical Planetary-Scale Circulations5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Observed Annual Cycle; 5.3 Detailed Linear Models of Stationary Planetary Waves in the Middle Atmosphere; 5.4 Detailed Linear Models of Free Traveling Planetary Waves in the Atmosphere; 5.5 Barotropic and Baroclinic Instability; 5.6 Planetary-Wave Critical Layers; References; Chapter 6. Stratospheric Sudden Warmings; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Observed Features of Sudden Warmings; 6.3 Theoretical Modeling of Sudden Warmings; 6.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 7. The Extratropical Zonal-Mean Circulation.
- 7.1 Introduction7.2 Some Simple Zonally Averaged Models of the Middle Atmosphere; 7.3 The Upper Mesosphere; 7.4 The Winter Polar Stratosphere; 7.5 Interpretation and Generalization; References; Chapter 8. Equatorial Circulations; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The Observed Structure of the Equatorial Quasi-Biennial Oscillation; 8.3 Theory of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation; 8.4 Observed Structure of the Equatorial Semiannual Oscillations; 8.5 Dynamics of the Equatorial Semiannual Oscillations; 8.6 Inertial Instability in the Equatorial Zone; References.