Atmospheric dynamics / Mankin Mak

By:

Mak, Mankin, 1939-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011Description: xiv, 486 p., [4] p. of col. plates : ill ; 25 cmISBN:

9780521195737 (hardback)
052119573X (hardback)

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Contents:

1. Fundamental concepts and physical laws -- 2. Basic approximations and elementary flows -- 3. Vorticity and potential vorticity dynamics -- 4. Friction and boundary layers -- 5. Fundamentals of wave dynamics -- 6. Quasi-geostrophic theory and two-layer model -- 7. Dynamic adjustment -- 8. Instability theories -- 9. Stationary planetary wave dynamics -- 10. Wave-mean flow interaction -- 11. Equilibration dynamics of baroclinic waves -- 12. Nongeostrophic dynamics -- Appendix A. Mathematical tools -- Appendix B. A brief survey of related books

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Open Shelf	UMPLIB GAMBANG	QC861.3 .M35 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0000087163

Includes bibliographical references and index