This advanced undergraduate textbook clearly details how physics can be used to understand many important aspects of atmospheric behavior. Coverage presents a broad overview of atmospheric physics, including atmospheric thermodynamics, radiative transfer, atmospheric fluid dynamics and elementary atmospheric chemistry. Armed with an understanding of these topics, the interested student will be able to grasp the essential physics behind issues of current concern, such as the enhanced greenhouse effect and associated questions of climate change, the Antarctic ozone hole and global ozone depletion, as well as more familiar processes such as the formation of raindrops and the development of weather systems. This introductory textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduates studying atmospheric physics as part of physics, meteorology or environmental science courses. It will also be useful for graduate students studying atmospheric physics for the first time and for students of applied mathematics, physical chemistry and engineering who have an interest in the atmosphere.
FREE Two-Day Shipping for Students. Learn more |
|
There is a newer edition of this item:
|
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
"well-written and clearly organized book." EOS
Book Description
This textbook shows how physics helps us understand many important aspects of atmospheric behaviour and is ideal as an introductory text for advanced undergraduates studying atmospheric physics as part of physics, meteorology or environmental science courses. It will also be useful for graduate students studying atmospheric physics for the first time and for students of applied mathematics, physical chemistry and engineering who have an interest in the atmosphere. The book presents a thorough treatment of atmospheric thermodynamics, radiative transfer, atmospheric fluid dynamics and elementary atmospheric chemistry.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Dissapointing and not very helpful,
This review is from: An Introduction to Atmospheric Physics (Paperback)
As a budding atmospheric physicist (entering graduate school this fall) holding a B.S. in mathematics and possessing decent knowledge in physics and chemistry, I was extremely disappointed when I bought this book for self study. Andrews summarily exposes the important topics, with most of them lacking in breadth, depth, clarity, and physical insight. Additionally, the tone is rather dispassionate. Fortunately I stumbled on 'Fundamentals of atmospheric physics' by Murry Salby, and find it a superior, lucid read. I'd highly recommend going for that instead.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
This chapter gives a quick sketch of some of the material to be covered in this book. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
atmospheric fluid dynamics, atmospheric remote sounding, equatorial tropopause, atmospheric behaviour, mass mixing ratio, spectral irradiante, atmospheric thermodynamics, absorber density, column ozone, moving blob, upper mesosphere, diabatic heating, available potential energy, saturated adiabatics, spectral radiance, potential vorticity, hydrostatic balance, geostrophic balance, geostrophic flow, middle atmosphere, parcel rises, volume mixing ratio, hydrostatic equation, atmospheric molecules, horizontal wavelengths Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Northern Hemisphere, First Law of Thermodynamics, Newton's Second Law, Southern Hemisphere, Kirchhoff's Law New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
This chapter gives a quick sketch of some of the material to be covered in this book. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
atmospheric fluid dynamics, atmospheric remote sounding, equatorial tropopause, atmospheric behaviour, mass mixing ratio, spectral irradiante, atmospheric thermodynamics, absorber density, column ozone, moving blob, upper mesosphere, diabatic heating, available potential energy, saturated adiabatics, spectral radiance, potential vorticity, hydrostatic balance, geostrophic balance, geostrophic flow, middle atmosphere, parcel rises, volume mixing ratio, hydrostatic equation, atmospheric molecules, horizontal wavelengths Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Northern Hemisphere, First Law of Thermodynamics, Newton's Second Law, Southern Hemisphere, Kirchhoff's Law New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 41
books:
See all 41 books this book cites
10
books
cite this book:
See all 10 books citing this book
- Statistical Physics, Third Edition, Part 1: Volume 5 (Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 5) by L D Landau in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics, Volume 40: An Introductory Text (International Geophysics) by John Marshall in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Climate System Modeling by Kevin E. Trenberth in Back Matter
- Equilibrium Thermodynamics by C. J. Adkins in Back Matter
- Physical Chemistry by Peter W. Atkins in Back Matter
See all 41 books this book cites
- Giant Planets of Our Solar System: An Introduction (Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences) by Patrick Irwin on 5 pages
- The Physics of Atmospheres by John Houghton in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Experimentalphysik 3: Atome, Moleküle und Festkörper (Springer-Lehrbuch) (German Edition) by Wolfgang Demtröder in Back Matter
- The Sun, Solar Analogs and the Climate: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 34, 2004. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (Saas-Fee Advanced Courses) by Joanna Dorothy Haigh on page 107
- Introduction to Environmental Physics: Planet Earth, Life and Climate by Peter Hughes in Back Matter
See all 10 books citing this book
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
So You'd Like to...
Look for Similar Items by Category
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Science & Mathematics > Earth Sciences
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Science & Mathematics > Physics
- Books > Professional & Technical > Engineering
- Books > Science & Math > Earth Sciences > Rivers
- Books > Science & Math > Environment > Weather
- Books > Science & Math > Physics
