Global atmospheric circulations : observations and theories /

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Author / Creator:Grotjahn, Richard
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Description:xvi, 430 p., [2] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1502290
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ISBN:0195072456 (acid-free paper)
Notes:Outgrowth of lectures presented to beginning graduate students.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-415) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Observing the Atmosphere
  • 3. Zonal Average Observations
  • 4. Momentum and Energy Relationships
  • 5. Observed Nonzonal Fields
  • 6. Theories for Zonal Fields
  • 7. Theories for Nonzonal Fields
  • 8. Applications