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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
December 2009
Print publication year:
2007
Online ISBN:
9780511619649

Book description

Mesoscale weather systems are responsible for numerous natural disasters, such as damaging winds, blizzards and flash flooding. A fundamental understanding of the underlying dynamics involved in these weather systems is essential in forecasting their occurrence. This 2007 book provides a systematic approach to this subject. The opening chapters introduce the basic equations governing mesoscale weather systems and their approximations. The subsequent chapters cover four major areas of mesoscale dynamics: wave dynamics, moist convection, front dynamics and mesoscale modelling. This is an ideal book on the subject for researchers in meteorology and atmospheric science. With over 100 problems, and password-protected solutions available to instructors at www.cambridge.org/9780521808750, this book could also serve as a textbook for graduate students. Modelling projects, providing hands-on practice for building simple models of stratified fluid flow from a one-dimensional advection equation, are also described.

Reviews

Reviews of the hardback:'… a readable, beautifully presented and well-balanced text that should find a place on the bookshelves of many university libraries.'

Source: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

'… a good addition to the libraries of graduate students interested in the mesoscale.'

Source: EOS

'The book is of reference for researches in meteorology and atmospheric science. It can also serve as a textbook for graduate students containing many applicative problems and modeling projects on the atmospheric phenomena.'

Professor Gheorghe Zet Source: Iasi Polytechnic Magazine

'Lin's book is well-suited for graduate students in meteorology and related disciplines.'

Source: Meteorologische Zeitschrift

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