Mak, Mankin,  1939- <br/><br/>
Atmospheric dynamics / 
Mankin Mak 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  2011 
 - xiv, 486 p., [4] p. of col. plates :  ill ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521195737 (hardback) 052119573X (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Atmospheric physics--Textbooks<br/>Meteorology--Textbooks