TY - BOOK AU - Mak,Mankin TI - Atmospheric dynamics SN - 9780521195737 (hardback) PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Atmospheric physics KW - Textbooks KW - Meteorology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -