Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology in Midlatitudes

Name: Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology in Midlatitudes
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ISBN: 9780195062687

ISBN-10: 019506268X

ISBN-13: 9780195062687

Edition: 1993

Authors: Howard B. Bluestein

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Synoptic meteorology, the study of large scale weather systems and forecasting using observation, and dynamic meteorology, the study of the laws of physics involved in air movement, are treated in this major new text in two volumes. Volume I covers kinematics, elementary atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics, and the principles of quasi-geostrophic theory; there is also an introduction to modern observing systems, including Doppler radar, wind profilers, and navigation-aid sondes. Volume II covers the formation, motion, and climatology of extratropical weather systems in the context of quasi-geostrophic theory and "IPV thinking", the formation and structure of fronts and jets,…

Book details

List price: $219.99
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/14/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 608
Size: 9.49" wide x 6.46" long x 1.42" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English




The Behavior of Synoptic-Scale, Extra-Tropical Systems



The Formation of Surface Pressure Systems



The Movement of Surface Pressure Systems



The Formation of Upper-Level Systems



The Movement of Upper-Level Troughs and Ridges



Instability, Cyclogenesis, and Anticyclogenesis



The Classical Midlatitude Cyclone



Analysis of Midlatitude, Synoptic-Scale Systems using the Balance Equations



Analysis of Midlatitude, Synoptic-Scale Systems using a Generalized Height-Tendency Equation



Analysis of Midlatitude, Synoptic-Scale Systems using Isentropic Potential Vorticity Thinking



Fronts and Jets



The Relationship between Fronts and Jets



Consequences of the Cross-Front Scale



Kinematics and Thermodynamics of Frontogenesis



Observational Aspects of Fronts



Dynamics of Surface Frontogenesis



Dynamics of Middle-Upper Tropospheric Frontogenesis



Observational Aspects of Jets and Jet Streaks



Dynamics of Jets and Jet Streaks



Precipitation Systems in Mid-Latitudes



Introduction



Types of Precipitation



The Classification of Precipitation Systems



Convective Systems



Nonconvective Systems