Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology in Midlatitudes
Volume II: Observations and Theory of Weather Systems
ISBN13: 9780195062687ISBN10: 019506268X
Hardcover, 608 pages
Jan 1993,
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608 pages;
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ISBN13: 978-0-19-506268-7ISBN10: 0-19-506268-X
"Very good book! I am using it in my Synoptic meteorology (with lab) course at present." --L. Glen Cobb, university of Northern Colorado
Table of Contents
PART I: The Behavior of Synoptic-Scale, Extra-Tropical Systems
1.
The Formation of Surface Pressure Systems
2.
The Movement of Surface Pressure Systems
3.
The Formation of Upper-Level Systems
4.
The Movement of Upper-Level Troughs and Ridges
5.
Instability, Cyclogenesis, and Anticyclogenesis
6.
The Classical Midlatitude Cyclone
7.
Analysis of Midlatitude, Synoptic-Scale Systems using the Balance Equations
8.
Analysis of Midlatitude, Synoptic-Scale Systems using a Generalized Height-Tendency Equation
9.
Analysis of Midlatitude, Synoptic-Scale Systems using Isentropic Potential Vorticity Thinking
PART II: Fronts and Jets
1.
The Relationship between Fronts and Jets
2.
Consequences of the Cross-Front Scale
3.
Kinematics and Thermodynamics of Frontogenesis
4.
Observational Aspects of Fronts
5.
Dynamics of Surface Frontogenesis
6.
Dynamics of Middle-Upper Tropospheric Frontogenesis
7.
Observational Aspects of Jets and Jet Streaks
8.
Dynamics of Jets and Jet Streaks
PART III: Precipitation Systems in Mid-Latitudes
1.
Introduction
2.
Types of Precipitation
3.
The Classification of Precipitation Systems
4.
Convective Systems
5.
Nonconvective Systems
