Atmospheric Dynamics (Upper and Lower)

Author: Liu Shisi Liu Shida
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Publish Date: 1999-07-01
Features: This book covers the main content of atmospheric dynamics and is a crystallization of the authors' many years of teaching in this course. The book is divided into thirteen chapters and published in two volumes. The first volume includes the first seven chapters, while the last six chapters make up the second volume. Chapter 1 to Chapter 5 mainly introduce the basic equations and fundamental motion laws of atmospheric dynamics; Chapter 6 applies the perturbation method to establish the quasigeostrophic motion equation group describing large-scale atmospheric motion; Chapters 7 and 8 comprehensively introduce atmospheric waves and their propagation theory; Chapter 9 introduces the nonlinear wave theory developed in the past decade; Chapter 10 introduces atmospheric energetics; Chapter 11 introduces stability theory; Chapter 12 introduces geostrophic adjustment theory; and Chapter 13 introduces the rapidly developing dynamics of the low-latitude atmosphere in recent years. The book is explained in a clear and systematic manner, from simple to complex; the arrangement is refined and novel, using new methods to describe some concepts in atmospheric dynamics, such as quasigeostrophy and effective potential energy. It also introduces new developments in atmospheric dynamics, such as nonlinear waves and wave propagation theory. For ease of teaching, review questions and exercises are provided at the end of each chapter. This book can be used as a textbook or teaching reference for majors such as synoptic dynamics, atmospheric physics, and oceanic dynamics, and can also be read by a broad range of science and technology personnel engaged in marine and meteorological fields.