Author:
Saha, Kshudiram 1918-
Imprint:Berlin : Springer, c2008.
Descriptionxxi, 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:The Sun and the Earth : the Solar System and the Earth's gravitation -- The Earth's atmosphere : its origin, composition and properties -- Heat and thermodynamics of the atmosphere -- Water vapour in the atmosphere: thermodynamics of moist air -- Physics of cloud and precipitation -- Physics of radiation : fundamental laws -- The Sun and its radiation -- The incoming solar radiation : interaction with the Earth's atmosphere and surface -- Heat balance of the Earth's surface : upward and downward transfer of heat -- Heat balance of the Earth-atmosphere system : heat sources and sinks -- Winds on a rotating Earth : the dynamical equations and the conservation laws -- Simplified equations of motion : quasi-balanced winds -- Circulation, vorticity and divergence -- The boundary layers of the atmosphere and the ocean -- Waves and oscillations in the atmosphere and ocean -- Equatorial waves and oscillations -- Dynamical models and numerical weather prediction. (N.W.P.) -- Dynamical instability of atmospheric flows : energetics and energy conversions -- The general circulation of the atmosphere.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-358) and index.
