Atmospheric Dynamics

DOI10.1017/CBO9780511524950MaRDI QIDQ4223052zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John Green

Publication date 9 December 1998

Published in Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511524950

zbMATH Keywords

atmospheric boundary layerbaroclinic motionbarotropic motionbasic equationsforecast probleminstabilitieslinear approximationmodellingwaves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-01) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10)

Review text

The author dicusses almost all aspects of atmospheric dynamics on little more than 200 pages: basic equations, waves and instabilities in linear approximation on various scales, the atmospheric boundary layer, barotropic and baroclinic motion, modelling, the forecast problem etc. In all cases mathematical modelling is carefully presented with the emphasis on catching the basic physics without getting absorbed in mathematical detail. Thus the mathematics often remains sketchy, the emphasis being on the accompanying, occasionally almost philosophical discussion. This is a very personal book. Although names are mentioned in the text, there are no references. The author's personal view prevails, thus the book may not be the best choice as a textbook for a beginner. It will, however, offer very good additional reading parallel to more conventional textbooks, and, for the advanced reader, it will offer many interesting details viewed from unexpected angles, and new insights into familiar problems.

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