Atmospheric circulation systems : their structure and physical interpretation /

Atmospheric circulation systems: their structure and physical interpretation.

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Palme n, E. Erik, 1898-1985; Newton, C. W
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 1969.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: International geophysics series ; v. 13
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/00746142/13
Summary: Atmospheric circulation systems: their structure and physical interpretation.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvii, 603 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780125445504
0125445504
9780080954486
0080954480
1282288792
9781282288799
Index Number: QC880
CLC: P434
Contents: Front Cover; Atmospheric Circulation Systems: Their Structure and Physical Interpretation; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; List of Symbols; Chapter 1. The Mean Structure of the Atmosphere, and the Maintenance of the General Circulation in the Northern Hemisphere; Chapter 2. Heat Balance of the Earth's Atmosphere, and the Meridional and Vertical Transfer of Energy; Chapter 3. Seasonal and Zonal Variations of the Mean Atmospheric Structure and Flow Patterns; Chapter 4. Principal Air Masses and Fronts, Jet Streams, and Tropopauses.