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Physics of Climate
Peixoto, J.P.; Oort, A.H.
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Description for Physics of Climate
Hardcover. Peixoto and Oort have laid together their course notes with articles on observed angular momentum, water, and energy cycles in the atmosphere and oceans to give a broad perspective on the climate system. Num Pages: 560 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 30. Weight in Grams: 956.
"A superb reference." Physics Today "Will become a classic text in climate research. " Physics World "Valuable to anyone who studies, models, or uses the climate of the earth." Walter Robinson, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society "Informative and authoritative on a remarkably wide range of topics." Nature Are we entering a period of global warming? Is weather predictable? Physics of Climate offers you an in-depth description of atmospheric circulation and how environmental phenomena worldwide interact in a single, unified system. This integrated approach unites all the key features of the climate system--oceans, atmosphere, and cryosphere--to explain the structure and ... Read more
"A superb reference." Physics Today "Will become a classic text in climate research. " Physics World "Valuable to anyone who studies, models, or uses the climate of the earth." Walter Robinson, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society "Informative and authoritative on a remarkably wide range of topics." Nature Are we entering a period of global warming? Is weather predictable? Physics of Climate offers you an in-depth description of atmospheric circulation and how environmental phenomena worldwide interact in a single, unified system. This integrated approach unites all the key features of the climate system--oceans, atmosphere, and cryosphere--to explain the structure and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
American Institute of Physics United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780883187128
SKU
V9780883187128
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Physics of Climate
From the reviews: "A superb reference." Physics Today "Will become a classic text in climate research." Physics World "Valuable to anyone who studies, models, or uses the climate of the earth." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society "Informative and authoritative on a remarkably wide range of topics." Nature