An Introduction to Atmospheric PhysicsCambridge University Press, 29 abr 2010 - 237 páginas Contributor biographical information for An introduction to atmospheric physics / David G. Andrews. Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog Biographical text provided by the publisher (may be incomplete or contain other coding). The Library of Congress makes no claims as to the accuracy of the information provided, and will not maintain or otherwise edit/update the information supplied by the publisher. -- -- David Andrews has been a lecturer in Physics at Oxford University and a Physics tutor at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, for 20 years. During this time he has had extensive experience of teaching a wide range of physics courses, including atmospheric physics. This experience has included giving lectures to large student audiences and also giving tutorials to small groups. Tutorials, in particular, have given him insights into the kinds of problems that physics students encounter when learning atmospheric physics, and the kinds of topics that excite them. His broad teaching experience has also helped him introduce students to connections between topics in atmospheric physics and related topics in other areas of physics. He feels that it is particularly important to expose today's physics students to the excitements and challenges presented by the atmosphere and climate. He has also published a graduate textbook, Middle Atmosphere Dynamics, with J.R. Holton and C.B. Leovy (1987, Academic Press). He is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, a Member of the Institute of Physics, and a Member of the American Meteorological Society. |
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1 Introduction | 1 |
2 Atmospheric thermodynamics | 19 |
3 Atmospheric radiation | 52 |
4 Basic fluid dynamics | 94 |
5 Further atmospheric fluid dynamics | 119 |
6 Stratospheric chemistry | 151 |
7 Atmospheric remote sounding | 171 |
8 Climate change | 195 |
9 Atmospheric modelling | 215 |
Further reading | 224 |
A Appendix A Useful physical constants | 225 |
B Appendix B Derivation of the equations of motion in spherical coordinates | 227 |
References | 229 |
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