This book is addressed to those who wish to understand the relationship between atmospheric phenomena and the nature of matter as expressed in the principles of physics. The interesting atmospheric phenomena are more than applications of gravitation, of thermodynamics, of hydrodynamics, or of electrodynamics; and mastery of the results of controlled experiment and of the related theory alone does not imply an understanding of atmospheric phenomena. This distinction arises because the extent and the complexity of the atmosphere permit effects and interactions that are entirely negligible in the laboratory or are deliberately excluded from it. the objective of laboratory physics is, by isolating the relevant variables, to reveal the fundamental properties of matter; whereas the objective of atmospheric physics, or of any observational science, is to understand those phenomena that are characteristic of the whole system. For these reasons the exposition of atmospheric physics requires substantial extensions of classical physics. It also requires that understanding be based on a coherent "way of seeing" the ensemble of atmospheric phenomena. Only then is understanding likely to stimulate still more general insights.
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"Marshall and Plumb have nicely presented the basics of both meteorology and oceanography in this work. The book begins with a discusssion of atmospheric characteristics; the final chapter on climate and climatic variability nicely leads into the subject of global warming, and should be read by anyone with an interest in the future of the planet. . . . Highly recommended." -- A.E. Staver, Northern Illinois University, in CHOICE, June 2008
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We live at the bottom of an ocean of air which presses on us with a force of about 105 newtons for each square meter of surface (105 pascals or 103 millibars). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
beam emissivity, mean virtual temperature, flux emissivity, gradient wind equation, stratified surface layer, apparent centrifugal force, signal phenomena, baroclinic term, eddy transfer coefficients, net irradiance, weighted height, downward heat flux, zonal wind speed, updraft velocity, bulk transfer coefficient, tide generating force, virtual potential temperature, air modification, equivalent potential temperature, inertia circle, hydrostatic equation, geostrophic wind speed, ice nuclei, vertical temperature distribution, horizontal equations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, List of Symbols First, North Pole, Standard Atmosphere, Lord Kelvin, United States, Climatic Change, Exploring the Atmosphere's First Mile, Theoretical Physics, Applied Optics, Cambridge University Press, John Gribbin, New Zealand, Principles of Physics, Remote Sensing of the Troposphere, Weather Bureau New!
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beam emissivity, mean virtual temperature, flux emissivity, gradient wind equation, stratified surface layer, apparent centrifugal force, signal phenomena, baroclinic term, eddy transfer coefficients, net irradiance, weighted height, downward heat flux, zonal wind speed, updraft velocity, bulk transfer coefficient, tide generating force, virtual potential temperature, air modification, equivalent potential temperature, inertia circle, hydrostatic equation, geostrophic wind speed, ice nuclei, vertical temperature distribution, horizontal equations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, List of Symbols First, North Pole, Standard Atmosphere, Lord Kelvin, United States, Climatic Change, Exploring the Atmosphere's First Mile, Theoretical Physics, Applied Optics, Cambridge University Press, John Gribbin, New Zealand, Principles of Physics, Remote Sensing of the Troposphere, Weather Bureau New!
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- Climatic Change by John Gribbin on 4 pages
- Theoretical Physics (Dover Books on Physics) by Georg Joos on page 106, page 398, and Back Matter
- Dynamical and Physical Meteorology by George J Haltiner on page 28, page 206, and Back Matter
- Atmospheric Electricity by John Alan Chalmers on page 144, and Back Matter
- Radiative Transfer (Dover Books on Physics) by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar on page 260, and Back Matter
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