Call number:
AWI A6-08-0012
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
X, 280 Seiten
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Illustrationen
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1 CD-ROM
ISBN:
0470861738
URL:
http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/exlibris/aleph/a22_1/apache_media/5KU8XL8U5XD44TEL99YKJRMF99HTPK.pdf
Language:
English
Note:
Contents
Preface
Part I Anatomy of a cyclone
1 Anatomy of a cyclone
1.1 A 'typical' extra-tropical cyclone
1.2 Describing the atmosphere
1.3 Air masses and fronts
1.4 The structure of a typical extra-tropical cyclone
Review questions
2 Mathematical methods in fluid dynamics
2.1 Scalars and vectors
2.2 The algebra of vectors
2.3 Scalar and vector fields
2.4 Coordinate systems on the Earth
2.5 Gradients of vectors
2.6 Line and surface integrals
2.7 Eulerian and Lagrangian frames of reference
2.8 Advection
Review questions
3 Properties of fluids
3.1 Solids, liquids, and gases
3.2 Thermodynamic properties of air
3.3 Composition of the atmosphere
3.4 Static stability
3.5 The continuum hypothesis
3.6 Practical assumptions
3.7 Continuity equation
Review questions
4 Fundamental forces
4.1 Newton's second law: F=ma
4.2 Body, surface, and line forces
4.3 Forces in an inertial reference frame
4.4 Forces in a rotating reference frame
4.5 The Navier-Stokes equations
Review questions
5 Scale analysis
5.1 Dimensional homogeneity
5.2 Scales
5.3 Non-dimensional parameters
5.4 Scale analysis
5.5 The geostrophic approximation
Review questions
6 Simple steady motion
6.1 Natural coordinate system
6.2 Balanced flow
6.3 The Boussinesq approximation
6.4 The thermal wind
6.5 Departures from balance
Review questions
7 Circulation and vorticity
7.1 Circulation
7.2 Vorticity
7.3 Conservation of potential vorticity
7.4 An introduction to the vorticity equation
Review questions
8 Simple wave motions
8.1 Properties of waves
8.2 Perturbation analysis
8.3 Planetary waves
Review questions
9 Extra-tropical weather systems
9.1 Fronts
9.2 Frontal cyclones
9.3 Baroclinic instability
Review questions
Part II Atmospheric phenomena
10 Boundary layers
10.1 Turbulence
10.2 Reynolds decomposition
10.3 Generation of turbulence
10.4 Closure assumptions
Review questions
11 Clouds and severe weather
11.1 Moist processes in the atmosphere
11.2 Air mass thunderstorms
11.3 Multi-cell thunderstorms
11.4 Supercell thunderstorms and tornadoes
11.5 Mesoscale convective systems
Review questions
12 Tropical weather
12.1 Scales of motion
12.2 Atmospheric oscillations
12.3 Tropical cyclones
Review questions
13 Mountain weather
13.1 Internal gravity waves
13.2 Flow over mountains
13.3 Downslope windstorms
Review questions
14 Polar weather
14.1 Katabatic winds
14.2 Barrier winds
14.3 Polar lows
Review questions
15 Epilogue: the general circulation
15.1 Fueled by the Sun
15.2 Radiative-convective equilibrium
15.3 The zonal mean circulation
15.4 The angular momentum budget
15.5 The energy cycle
Appendix A - symbols
Appendix Β - constants and units
Bibliography
Index
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