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This is probably the most useful book in my library. This is not a book of people's theories about the climate, but an organized presentation of actual observations of the climate itself. The book is easy to read and well written. It is written more like a journal article than a textbook with tons of figures based on data, valuable tables, and references to the scientific literature. The book focuses on what is observed: the mean states of the atmosphere, ocean, and cryosphere; and on what can be calculated from observations: budgets of angular momentum, water, and energy. The book discusses the relevant physical processes of radiation and surface/atmosphere exchange. You need this book if you are a working scientist with questions like: What is the observed energy balance? How is water stored in various reservoirs in the climate system and what are the rates of exchange? How much momentum is transported by stationary versus transient eddies? How is temperature or the circulation distributed horizontally and vertically in the atmosphere and ocean, and how does it vary seasonally? If you are interested in climate models, cloud physics, climate change, or paleoclimatology, then this is not the right book for you.
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observed mean state, latitudinal wall, available gravitational potential energy, angular momentum cycle, transient eddy kinetic energy, ship drift data, meridional profiles, eddy available potential energy, oceanic heat storage, sient eddies, stationary eddies, mountain torque, rawinsonde network, zonal kinetic energy, radiational energy, atmospheric branch, climate equations, northward flux, entropy budget, meridional flux, zonal wind component, surface easterlies, mean meridional circulations, absolute angular momentum, thermodynamic energy equation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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observed mean state, latitudinal wall, available gravitational potential energy, angular momentum cycle, transient eddy kinetic energy, ship drift data, meridional profiles, eddy available potential energy, oceanic heat storage, sient eddies, stationary eddies, mountain torque, rawinsonde network, zonal kinetic energy, radiational energy, atmospheric branch, climate equations, northward flux, entropy budget, meridional flux, zonal wind component, surface easterlies, mean meridional circulations, absolute angular momentum, thermodynamic energy equation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Modeling the Earth's Climate and its Variability, Volume 67 (Les Houches) by W.R. Holland on page 5, page 134, and page 136
- Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather: 2-Volume Set by Stephen H. Schneider on page 129, and page 283
- Intuitive Astrology: Follow Your Best Instincts to Become Who You Always Intended to Be by Elizabeth Rose Campbell on page 177, and page 236
- Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Large-scale Circulation by Geoffrey K. Vallis on page 483, and Back Matter
- Photochemistry of Planetary Atmospheres by Yuk L. Yung on page 328, and page 329
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