Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Dynamics of meteorology and climate

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Dynamics of meteorology and climate / Richard S. Scorer. — Chichester [etc.] : John Wiley & Sons : Praxis Publishing, cop. 1997

XXXII, 686 p. : il. ; 24 cm . — (Wiley-Praxis series in atmospheric physics)

Bibliografía: P. 653-667. — Sumario: Fundamental equations -- Various phenomena of fluid flow -- Secondary vorticity -- The rotating earth -- Waves in a stratified fluid -- Lee waves, mountain waves and dispersed waves -- Wave dispersion and global effects -- Instability of vortex flows -- Turbulence and diffusion -- Partly turbulent flow -- Buoyant convection in the dry atmosphere -- Air pollution problems -- Radiation: the climatic determinant -- Clouds and fallout -- The aerodynamic environment of animal life -- Forecasting: general circulation models (GCMs) -- Prediction and proof of climatic change -- Ozone -- The climate of the past: limits to modelling -- The sudy of climate change in evolution

ISBN 0-471-96816-1

1. Climatología . 2. Clima . 3. Meteorología . 4. Cambio climático . 5. Contaminación del aire . 6. Mecánica de fluidos . I. Wiley-Praxis series in atmospheric physics . II. Title.

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