Advances in Geophysics

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Academic Press, 23 gen 1980 - 410 pagine
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Chapter 1 Driving Mechanisms for the Earths Dynamo
1
Chapter 2 Flexure
51
Chapter 3 The Influence of Mountains on the Atmosphere
87
Chapter 4 Climatic Effects of Cirrus Clouds
231
Chapter 5 Spectral Energetics of the Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere
289
Subject Index
407
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absorption adiabatic aerosol albedo Atmos atmosphere available potential energy boundary layer calculations cirrus cloudiness cirrus clouds cloud computed convection conversion cooling Coriolis force cyclone density dissipation distribution Dopplick dynamo Earth Earth Planet eddy kinetic energy effects elastic lithosphere equation estimate flexure flow fluid force Geophys gradient gravity Gubbins heat height hemisphere horizontal increase inner core integrand J. R. Astron kinetic energy latitude lee waves lithosphere load lower stratosphere magnetic field mantle mountain waves observed ocean trenches orographic rain outer core parameter planetary potential energy precipitation pressure profiles Q. J. R. Meteorol Queney radiation budget radiative rainfall region ridge Rossby wave shown in Fig slope ſº solution spectral stratified STRATO stratosphere surface Table temperature theory thermal TROPOS troposphere upstream values velocity vertical flux water vapor wave number wind winter zonal

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Barry Saltzman, 1932-2001, was professor of geology and geophysics at Yale University and a pioneer in the theory of weather and climate, in which he made several profound and lasting contributions to knowledge of the atmosphere and climate. Saltzman developed a series of models and theories of how ice sheets, atmospheric winds, ocean currents, carbon dioxide concentration, and other factors work together, causing the climate to oscillate in a 100,000-year cycle. For this and other scientific contributions, he received the 1998 Carl Gustaf Rossby Research Medal, the highest award from the American Meteorological Society. Saltzman was a fellow of the American Meteorological Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an honorary member of the Academy of Science of Lisbon. His work in 1962 on thermal convection led to the discovery of chaos theory and the famous "Saltzman-Lorenz attractor."

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TitoloAdvances in Geophysics
CollaboratoreBarry Saltzman
EditoreAcademic Press, 1980
ISBN0080568505, 9780080568508
Lunghezza410 pagine
  
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