Climate Dynamics /

Climate Dynamics / / Kerry H. Cook.

A concise introduction to climate system dynamicsClimate Dynamics is an advanced undergraduate-level textbook that provides an essential foundation in the physical understanding of the earth's climate system. The book assumes no background in atmospheric or ocean sciences and is appropriate for...

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Cook, Kerry H.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.) :; 81 halftones. 38 line illus. 7 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Climate System
  • Chapter 2 The Observed Climatology
  • Chapter 3 Observations of Natural Climate Variability
  • Chapter 4 Radiative Processes in the Climate System
  • Chapter 5 Thermodynamics and the Flow of Heat through the Climate System
  • Chapter 6 Dynamics: The Forces That Drive Atmospheric and Ocean Circulations
  • Chapter 7 Atmospheric Circulations
  • Chapter 8 Ocean Circulation Systems
  • Chapter 9 The Hydrologic Cycle
  • Chapter 10 Radiative Forcing of Climate Change
  • Chapter 11 Climate Change Processes
  • Chapter 12 Climate Simulation and Prediction
  • Appendix A Units, Constants, and Conversions
  • Appendix B Coordinate Systems
  • Appendix C Lagrangian and Eulerian Derivatives
  • Index

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