Fundamentals of Weather and Climate - Softcover

McIlveen, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199215421 ISBN 13: 9780199215423

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2010

Synopsis

Most of us generally fail to comprehend the enormous scale, power, and complexity of the atmosphere. With the effects of global climate change becoming increasingly apparent, an understanding of the processes that underpin our weather and climate is vital. Offering an engaging and insightful treatment of the behavior of the lower atmosphere, Fundamentals of Weather and Climate takes a quantitative approach to describing the mechanisms involved. Beginning with an overview of the atmosphere and its components, it introduces the physics that drive weather systems before setting those principles in the context of specific systems of differing scales and latitudes. Finally, the text draws this information together in relation to the problem of anthropogenic climate change. Fundamentals of Weather and Climate is enhanced by extensive pedagogical features including end-of-chapter questions, key points, and custom-drawn illustrations that enable students to more easily visualize the processes and interactions described. A Companion Website offers resources for students and instructors. New to this edition: * Increased coverage of mid- and low-latitude weather systems, global circulation and regional systems, climate modelling and prediction, and thermodynamics* More detailed explanations of key mathematical concepts* Fully worked solutions to problems* New end-of-chapter summaries

About this title

From the Author:

This is the second edition of a work first published in 1992 and now out of print. It has been completely rewritten to improve and reformat the previous material, and extended to include a thorough introduction to atmospheric energy flows and transformations, a full chapter on past, present and future climate change, numerous worked examples throughout the text, and a section of colour plates.

About the Author:

Born Belfast 1939, BSc in Physics and Mathematics at Queens University Belfast 1962, graduate student and assistant in the Meteorology Department of Imperial College London 1962-1969.
PhD in Meteorology at London University 1966, Physics teacher at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution 1969 - 1971, Lecturer in Meteorology, Climatology and Physical Oceanography in the Department of Environmental Science, University of Lancaster 1971 - 2000, including a sabbatical at the Meteorology Department.
Pennsylvania State University 1978 - 1979. Fellow of The Royal Meteorological Society since 1966.

Author of Basic Meteorology, Van Nostrand 1986, Fundamentals of Weather and Climate, Chapman & Hall 1992,
Fundamentals of Weather and Climate 2nd Edn, Oxford University Press 2010.

Interests- living, natural philosophy, Christianity, literature and writing, teaching violin, conducting amateur orchestras and choirs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0199215421
• ISBN 13: 9780199215423
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 632