| Description |
xxxix, 520 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Nature of the problem -- Basic equations for the atmosphere and oceans -- Various decompositions of the circulation -- The data -- Radiation balance -- Observed mean state of the atmosphere -- Observed mean state of the oceans -- Observed mean state of the cryosphere -- Exchange processes between the earth's surface and the atmosphere -- Angular momentum cycle -- Water cycle -- Energetics -- The ocean-atmosphere heat engine -- Entropy in the climate system -- Interannual and interdecadal variability in the climate system -- Mathematical simulation of climate -- Appendix A: Analysis in terms of Fourier components -- Appendix B: Analysis in terms of empirical orthogonal functions (EOF's) |
| Summary |
"A superb reference". -- Physics Today |
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"Informative and authoritative on a remarkably wide range of topics". -- Nature |
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"Valuable to anyone who studies, models, or uses the climate of the earth". -- Walter Robinson Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society |
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"Will become a classic text in climate research". -- Physics World |
| Analysis |
Atmospheric physics |
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Climatology |
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Dynamic meteorology |
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atmospheric physics |
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climatology |
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dynamic meteorology |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 497-507 |
| Subject |
Atmospheric physics.
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Climatology.
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Dynamic meteorology.
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| Author |
Oort, Abraham H.
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| LC no. |
91011565 |
| ISBN |
0883187116 |
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0883187124 |
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