Tropical Meteorology An Introduction /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Krishnamurti, T.N (Συγγραφέας), Stefanova, Lydia (Συγγραφέας), Misra, Vasubandhu (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Springer Atmospheric Sciences,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Meteorology.; Oceanography.; Atmospheric sciences.; Climate change.; Environmental sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science.; Climate Change.

This book is designed as an introductory course in Tropical Meteorology targeting graduate or advanced undergraduate students. The material within can be covered in a one-semester course program. The text starts from the global scale-view of the Tropics, addressing the zonally symmetric and asymmetr...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Zonally Averaged Tropical Circulation
• Zonally Asymmetric Features in the Tropics
• The Intertropical Convergence Zone
• Heat Induced Circulations
• Monsoons
• Tropical Waves and Tropical Depressions
• The Madden Julian Oscillation
• Scale Interaction in the Tropics
• El Nino and Southern Oscillation
• Diabatic Potential Vorticity Over the Global Tropics
• Tropical Cloud Ensembles
• Tropical boundary layer
• Radiative Forcing
• Dry and moist static stability
• Hurricane Observations
• Genesis, Tracks and Intensification of Hurricanes
• Modeling and Forecasting of Hurricanes
• Sea Breeze and Diurnal Change Over the Tropics
• Tropical Squall Lines and Mesoscale convective systems.