Atmosphere, clouds, and climate / David Randall.
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- ISBN: 9780691143743 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0691143749 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780691143750 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0691143757 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: viii, 277 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-260) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Basics -- Radiative energy flows -- How turbulence and cumulus clouds carry energy upward ; More about eddy fluxes -- How energy travels from the tropics to the poles ; Conservation of momentum on a rotating sphere -- Feedbacks -- The water planet -- Predictability of weather and climate -- Air, sea, land -- Frontiers. |
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Subject: | Atmosphere. Climatic changes. Climatology. Clouds. Atmospheric circulation. |
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QC 880 .R36 2012 | 30775305472301 | General Collection | Available | - |
CHOICE_Magazine Review
Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate
CHOICE
Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.
This book, part of the "Princeton Primers in Climate" series, is a very lucid and enjoyable introduction to weather and climate. Randall (atmospheric science, Colorado State Univ.) provides basic technical details, usually in the appendixes, but he devotes considerable effort to making the nine-chapter text accessible to a wide audience by including intuitive explanations for the concepts presented. This reviewer found this approach very successful. In his experience, a variety of academic departments offer introductory climate/weather courses, and a single class is often made up of students with varying academic backgrounds and technical knowledge. This book would make an excellent text for such a class. Suitable for academic students and interested professionals who wish to have a basic understanding of the atmosphere. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates, upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals. T. N. Chase University of Colorado