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Atmospheric Tides
Chapman, S.; Lindzen, R. S.
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Description for Atmospheric Tides
Paperback. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 353.
Everyone is familiar with the daily changes of air temperature. The barometer shows that these are accompanied by daily changes of mass distribution of the atmosphere, and consequently with daily motions of the air. In the tropics the daily pressure change is evident on the barographs; in temperate and higher latitudes it is not noticeable, being overwhelmed by cyclonic and anticyclonic pressure variations. There too, however, the daily change can be found by averaging the variations over many days; and the same process suffices to show that there is a still smaller lunar tide in the atmosphere, first sought by ... Read more
Everyone is familiar with the daily changes of air temperature. The barometer shows that these are accompanied by daily changes of mass distribution of the atmosphere, and consequently with daily motions of the air. In the tropics the daily pressure change is evident on the barographs; in temperate and higher latitudes it is not noticeable, being overwhelmed by cyclonic and anticyclonic pressure variations. There too, however, the daily change can be found by averaging the variations over many days; and the same process suffices to show that there is a still smaller lunar tide in the atmosphere, first sought by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401034012
SKU
V9789401034012
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