This book has been written in response to a need for a text to support several of the introductory courses in atmospheric sciences commonly taught in universities; namely, introductory survey courses at the junior or senior undergraduate level and beginning graduate level, the undergraduate physical meteorology course, and the undergraduate synoptic laboratory. These courses serve to introduce the student to the fundamental physical principles upon which the atmospheric sciences are based and to provide an elementary description and interpretation of the wide range of atmospheric phenomena dealt with in detail in more advanced courses. In planning the book we have assumed that students enrolled in such courses have already had some exposure to calculus and physics at the first-year college level and to chemistry at the high school level.
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"Wallace and Hobbs...offer this excellent update of an outstanding introductory work. The organization of the book is very clear. Each chapter is well laid out with clear diagrams, good quality figures, and explanatory text. ...A first-class resource book. Summing Up: Highly recommended."
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"In terms of both content and appearance, this title has been completely revamped from the first edition. It contains new chapters on atmospheric chemistry, the Earth system, climate, and the atmospheric boundary layer, as well as enhanced treatment of atmospheric dynamics, weather forecasting, radiative transfer, severe storms, and human impacts, such as global warming. The authors illustrate concepts with colorful state-of-the-art imagery and cover a vast amount of new information in the field."
--Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
"Wallace and Hobbs' classic text has been completely updated in content and appearance...Qualitative and numerical exercises are included to reinforce learning, and biographical footnotes summarize the work of key scientists and the history of meteorology. The exercises and lessons are accompanied by full-color illustrations, satellite images, and ground-based photos."
--Weatherwise --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
-- CHOICE
"In terms of both content and appearance, this title has been completely revamped from the first edition. It contains new chapters on atmospheric chemistry, the Earth system, climate, and the atmospheric boundary layer, as well as enhanced treatment of atmospheric dynamics, weather forecasting, radiative transfer, severe storms, and human impacts, such as global warming. The authors illustrate concepts with colorful state-of-the-art imagery and cover a vast amount of new information in the field."
--Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
"Wallace and Hobbs' classic text has been completely updated in content and appearance...Qualitative and numerical exercises are included to reinforce learning, and biographical footnotes summarize the work of key scientists and the history of meteorology. The exercises and lessons are accompanied by full-color illustrations, satellite images, and ground-based photos."
--Weatherwise --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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stimulating book,
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This review is from: Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey (International Geophysics) (Hardcover)
Although not being a specialist in the field (mine is Condensed Matter Physics), I found this book to be quite stimulating and well written. It is suitable for a student who has already some familiarity with Physics and Calculus (including several variables and vector calculus) and , in my opinion, that is just what makes it exciting, because it does not, although being introductory, bores the non-specialist reader with a mass of details or just qualitative information. I have been responsible for introductory Themodynamics classes for students of Physics and Meteorology for the last four years in my institute, and now I intend to use examples from the book .
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Excellent (albeit dated) treatment of atmos. science,
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(Update--there is a new edition of this textbook, out in spring 2006)
It's too bad Wallace and Hobbs never got around to revising this edition of the text, written in 1977. Of all the undergraduate textbooks I had, this was by far the best. W&H cover all the important topics in meteorology and atmospheric science. Each chapter is very well written, easy to understand, and has good graphics and thought-provoking (often difficult!) questions at the end of each chapter. Each chapter ends with a series of mathematical questions--some of which require a good bit of thinking to arrive at the right equation to use; and also a series of "explain or interpret these statements." This is where you find out how much you really know! Why do I like this book? Each chapter can, to some extent, stand on its own. Even though the material is dated (Chapter 5, on clouds and storms, would need significant additions in a course taught today), fundamental principles were the same then and are explained well. The historical notes about famous scientists also add character to the text. My suggestion for a new reader: Chapters 1, 2, 8, 3, and 5 in that order. Then add Chapters 9, 4, 6, and 7. This way, you get the fundamental theory and then get to apply all you know to actual weather systems (in 3 and 5). The remaining four are almost like special topics and can be read at any time. If anyone has better suggestions, let me know!
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The best introductory atmospheric science text on the market,
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This review is from: Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey (International Geophysics) (Hardcover)
Hands down this text is the best for anyone looking for an introduction to the atmospheric sciences. There is almost no topic this book doesn't provide an overview of. Personally my favorite section is Thermodynamics. In my opinion the authors give a very clear and thorough introduction to the subject. Other topics in the book are also equally as good. As an introductory text (2nd year) this book provides a very good base for students in the atmospheric sciences to build upon. I find that even in 4th year I still referred back to the text to recall some of the basics that tend to get lost when you become so fixed on the math.Excellent text, well worth the money (like almost any book in the field, it is expensive!). The fact that the book hasn't changed in 25yrs (even the cover is the same!) says something about it's quality.
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The atmospheric sciences comprise a number of related and overlapping disciplines devoted to the description and understanding of phenomena in the atmospheres of the earth and the other planets. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pseudoadiabatic chart, potential temperature line, unseeded days, artificial ice nuclei, kinetic energy cycle, urban polluted air, equivalent barotropic atmosphere, mean virtual temperature, downdraft circulation, ice crystal mechanism, saturation mixing ratio line, geopotential height contours, weather electric field, hypsometric equation, collector drop, moist static energy, confluence line, terminal fall speed, monochromatic irradiance, spiral rainbands, marine cumulus, equivalent potential temperature, wind component parallel, wind equilibrium, thermally direct circulation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Academic Press, First Law of Thermodynamics, Dry Ice, Gulf Stream, North America, Solution Let, University of Washington, World War, Atmospheric Circulation Systems, Gulf of Mexico, Benjamin Franklin, Brief Survey of the Atmosphere, Courtesy of Cloud Physics Group, Great Lakes, Englewood Cliffs, Greenwich Civil Time, John Dalton, Lord Kelvin, Pacific Ocean, Soviet Union, Washington State, American Geophysical Union, Appalachian Mountains New!
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The atmospheric sciences comprise a number of related and overlapping disciplines devoted to the description and understanding of phenomena in the atmospheres of the earth and the other planets. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pseudoadiabatic chart, potential temperature line, unseeded days, artificial ice nuclei, kinetic energy cycle, urban polluted air, equivalent barotropic atmosphere, mean virtual temperature, downdraft circulation, ice crystal mechanism, saturation mixing ratio line, geopotential height contours, weather electric field, hypsometric equation, collector drop, moist static energy, confluence line, terminal fall speed, monochromatic irradiance, spiral rainbands, marine cumulus, equivalent potential temperature, wind component parallel, wind equilibrium, thermally direct circulation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Academic Press, First Law of Thermodynamics, Dry Ice, Gulf Stream, North America, Solution Let, University of Washington, World War, Atmospheric Circulation Systems, Gulf of Mexico, Benjamin Franklin, Brief Survey of the Atmosphere, Courtesy of Cloud Physics Group, Great Lakes, Englewood Cliffs, Greenwich Civil Time, John Dalton, Lord Kelvin, Pacific Ocean, Soviet Union, Washington State, American Geophysical Union, Appalachian Mountains New!
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- An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, Volume 88, Fourth Edition (International Geophysics) by James R. Holton on page 363, and page 422
- Clouds of the World: A Complete Colour Encyclopedia by Richard Scorer on page 218
- The Nature of Light and Colour in the Open Air (Dover Books on Earth Sciences) by M. Minnaert on page 225
- Life in the Sea - Pacific Ocean by Leighton Taylor on page 38
- Ice Physics by Peter V. Hobbs on page 182
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