This new, comprehensive textbook for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students of meteorology presents for the first time information that is now considered essential in modern weather forecasting. Based on a successful series of courses taught by the author at the University of Oklahoma, the text carefully examines the foundations of synoptic meteorology, from the analysis of scalar fields to atmospheric kinematics, dynamics, and thermodynamics. Newer topics such as Q-vectors, and modern observing systems such as Doppler radar are discussed, and several detailed figures and many helpful problems are included. This timely work emphasizes both physical understanding and mathematical analysis, and clearly explains observations in light of current theory. It will be a valuable reference for weather forecasters and researchers as well as students.
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"Excellent combined approach to synoptic and dynamic meteorology."--Arlindo Da Silva, University of Wisconsin
"Very throough treatment of topics necessary for modern synopticians!"--Keith Johnson, Jackson State University
"Both [volumes 1 and 2] are excellent reference books....Kudos to Dr. Bluestein--truly a labor of love!"--James Moore, St. Louis University
"An excellent text, integrating synoptic and dynamic meteorology in a manner that should have been done years ago! The figures are very helpful."--William Sellers, University of Arizona
"Gives a thorough treatment to a number of topics that are important in contemporary weather analysis."--Dusan Djuric, Texas AandM University
"Thorough coverage of topics!"--Keith Johnson, Jackson State University
"The only text that covers this material exaustively; therefore, it is an absolute must for my forecasting course."--Charles Doswell III, University of Oklahoma
"This new, comprehensive textbook for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students of meteorology presents for the first time information that is now considered essential in weather forecasting. This timely work emphasizes both physical understanding and mathematical analysis, and clearly explains observations in light of current theory. It will be a valuable reference for weather forecasters and researchers as well as students." --Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
"The book seems to contain everything. . . . highly detailed, rich in examples, and careful to provide values and units for even the most mundane physical constant. The figures are of excellent quality. I recommend this book for everyone's library and for use in routine synoptic and dynamic meteorology courses." --Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
"Contains theory now considered essential in weather forecasting. The text is accompanied by many, clearly drawn figures which are often used to link together theory and observation. Each chapter contains an extensive list of references. . . . those involved in forecasting and those new to dynamical meteorology will find it a very useful reference text." --Weather
"Very throough treatment of topics necessary for modern synopticians!"--Keith Johnson, Jackson State University
"Both [volumes 1 and 2] are excellent reference books....Kudos to Dr. Bluestein--truly a labor of love!"--James Moore, St. Louis University
"An excellent text, integrating synoptic and dynamic meteorology in a manner that should have been done years ago! The figures are very helpful."--William Sellers, University of Arizona
"Gives a thorough treatment to a number of topics that are important in contemporary weather analysis."--Dusan Djuric, Texas AandM University
"Thorough coverage of topics!"--Keith Johnson, Jackson State University
"The only text that covers this material exaustively; therefore, it is an absolute must for my forecasting course."--Charles Doswell III, University of Oklahoma
"This new, comprehensive textbook for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students of meteorology presents for the first time information that is now considered essential in weather forecasting. This timely work emphasizes both physical understanding and mathematical analysis, and clearly explains observations in light of current theory. It will be a valuable reference for weather forecasters and researchers as well as students." --Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
"The book seems to contain everything. . . . highly detailed, rich in examples, and careful to provide values and units for even the most mundane physical constant. The figures are of excellent quality. I recommend this book for everyone's library and for use in routine synoptic and dynamic meteorology courses." --Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
"Contains theory now considered essential in weather forecasting. The text is accompanied by many, clearly drawn figures which are often used to link together theory and observation. Each chapter contains an extensive list of references. . . . those involved in forecasting and those new to dynamical meteorology will find it a very useful reference text." --Weather
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Howard Bluestein is at University of Oklahoma.
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This review is from: Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology in Midlatitudes: Principles of Kinematics and Dynamics, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)
This is the 1st of 2 books written by Dr. Bluestein to teach synoptic and dynamic meteorology to undergraduate college students. Unlike other textbooks, this textbook takes the time to show alot more of the steps in the derivation of equations used in meteorology. Of course this has added to the size of the book but the fact that the author has taken the care to include this in his book is quite helpful for those learning meteorology. It is a useful reference book.
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This review is from: Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology in Midlatitudes: Principles of Kinematics and Dynamics, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)
This book (and the Vol. II) is a good reference for meteorological basis on phisics and atmospheric sciences itself, I already had thought about buying it here in Brasil (country that I live) but they would cost me about 120 bucks each volume, since on amazon it ended up for about 60 each delivered in my house (ok, It took 4 weeks, but it's a long way for a legless book!!) and, like all my products so far, they arrived in perfect shape.
I've been using those from the library for 3 semesters now, on atmos. dynamics I, Synoptic meteor., micrometeorology and other courses... I'm shure it will be used much more in the future.
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Although the adjective synoptic comes from the Greek word synoptikos, meaning "affording a general view of a whole," the adjective synoptic in the meteorological lexicon has taken on a somewhat restrictive meaning. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
following geostrophic motion, ageostrophic wind component, becoming more cyclonic, thermal vorticity, becoming more anticyclonic, divergence effect acting, pseudomoist adiabatic, pure vorticity, differential vorticity advection, quasigeostrophic vorticity equation, geostrophic advection, differential diabatic heating, isallobaric wind, quasigeostrophic theory, geostrophic absolute vorticity, temperature advection, anemometer level, parcel acceleration, curvature vorticity, solenoidal term, warm advection, thermal wind shear, quasigeostrophic equations, geostrophic wind field, moist air sample Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Northern Hemisphere, New York, United States, North Pole, Southern Hemisphere, Courtesy of the American Meteorological Society, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Sketch the Q-vector, Academic Press, Chicago Press, Radar Meteor, Equator Figure, Gulf of Mexico, National Weather Service, New England, Principles of Meteorological Analysis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Smithsonian Meteorological Tables, The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Theoretical Meteorology, Trustees of Amherst College, Use the Trenberth New!
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Although the adjective synoptic comes from the Greek word synoptikos, meaning "affording a general view of a whole," the adjective synoptic in the meteorological lexicon has taken on a somewhat restrictive meaning. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
following geostrophic motion, ageostrophic wind component, becoming more cyclonic, thermal vorticity, becoming more anticyclonic, divergence effect acting, pseudomoist adiabatic, pure vorticity, differential vorticity advection, quasigeostrophic vorticity equation, geostrophic advection, differential diabatic heating, isallobaric wind, quasigeostrophic theory, geostrophic absolute vorticity, temperature advection, anemometer level, parcel acceleration, curvature vorticity, solenoidal term, warm advection, thermal wind shear, quasigeostrophic equations, geostrophic wind field, moist air sample Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Northern Hemisphere, New York, United States, North Pole, Southern Hemisphere, Courtesy of the American Meteorological Society, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Sketch the Q-vector, Academic Press, Chicago Press, Radar Meteor, Equator Figure, Gulf of Mexico, National Weather Service, New England, Principles of Meteorological Analysis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Smithsonian Meteorological Tables, The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Theoretical Meteorology, Trustees of Amherst College, Use the Trenberth New!
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- The Poems of Emily Dickinson (Variorum Edition) by Emily Dickinson on page 32, page 153, and page 282
- Principles of Meteorological Analysis (Dover Earth Science) by Walter J. Saucier on page 30, page 74, and page 146
- Introduction to Theoretical Meteorology by Seymour L. Hess on page 30, page 277, and page 392
- An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, Volume 88, Fourth Edition (International Geophysics) by James R. Holton on page 277, and page 391
- Handbook of Applied Meteorology by David D. Houghton on page 390
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