Title: Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water - 2 Volume Set Author: Bradley R. Colman (Editor), Thomas D. Potter (Editor) ISBN: 0471450308 / 9780471450306 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 1000 Publisher: Wiley Year: 2003 Availability: In Stock
Description
Contents
The Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water, is a comprehensive, two-volume review of the current state of the atmospheric and hydrologic sciences. Volume I addresses atmospheric dynamics, physical meteorology, weather systems, and measurements, while Volume II contains information on the climate system, atmospheric chemistry, hydrology, and societal impacts.
Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water Dynamics, Climate, Physical Meteorology, Weather Systems, and Measurement
Preface
Dedication and Acknowledgments
Contributors
Section 1 : Dynamic Meteorology Chapter 1 : Overview—Atmospheric Dynamics Chapter 2 : Fundamental Forces and Governing Equations Chapter 3 : Circulation, Vorticity, and Potential Vorticity Chapter 4 : Extratropical Atmospheric Circulations Chapter 5 : Dynamics of the Tropical Atmosphere Chapter 6 : Turbulence Chapter 7 : Predictability and Chaos Chapter 8 : Historical Overview of Numerical Weather Prediction
Section 2 : The Climate System Chapter 9 : Overview : The Climate System Chapter 10 : The Ocean in Climate Chapter 11 : Processes Determining Land Surface Climate Chapter 12 : Observations of Climate and Global Change from Real-Time Measurements Chapter 13 : Why Should We Believe Predictions of Future Climate? Chapter 14 : The EL NiNO—Southern Oscillation (ENSO) System
Section 3 : Physical Meteorology Chapter 15 : Physical Atmospheric Science Chapter 16 : Moist Thermodynamics Chapter 17 : Thermodynamic Analysis in the Atmosphere Chapter 18 : Microphysical Processes in the Atmosphere Chapter 19 : Radiation in the Atmosphere : Foundations Chapter 20 : Radiation in the Atmosphere : Observations and Applications Chapter 21 : The Classification of Clouds Chapter 22 : Atmospheric Electricity and Lightning Chapter 23 : Weather Modification Chapter 24 : Atmospheric Optics
Section 4 : Weather Systems Chapter 25 : Overview for Weather Systems Chapter 26 : Large-Scale Atmospheric Systems Chapter 27 : Winter Weather Systems Chapter 28 : Terrain-Forced Mesoscale Circulations Chapter 29 : Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes Chapter 30 : Tropical Precipitating Systems Chapter 31 : Hurricanes Chapter 32 : Modern Weather Forecasting
Section 5 : Measurements Chapter 33 : Atmospheric Measurements Chapter 34 : Challenges of Measurements Chapter 35 : Measurement in the Atmosphere Chapter 36 : Instrument Development in the National Weather Services Chapter 37 : Consequence of Instrument and Siting Changes Chapter 38 : Commercial Response to Measurement Needs : Development of Wind Monitor Series of Wind Sensors Chapter 39 : Commercial Response to Measurement System Design Chapter 40 : Design, Calibration, and Quality Assurance Needs of Networks Chapter 41 : Data Validity in the National Archive Chapter 42 : Demands of Forensic Meteorology Chapter 43 : Surface Layer in Situ or Short-Path Measurements for Electric Utility Operations Chapter 44 : Independent Auditing Aspects of Measurement Programs Chapter 45 : Regulatory Approaches to Quality Assurance and Quality Control Programs Chapter 46 : Measuring Global Temperature Chapter 47 : Satellite Versus in Situ Measurements at the Air-Sea Interface Chapter 48 : Radar Technologies in Support of Forecasting and Research Chapter 49 : Basic Research for Military Applications Chapter 50 : Challenge of Snow Measurements
Index
Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water Atmospheric Chemistry, Hydrology and Societal Impacts
Preface
Contributors
Section 1 : Atmospheric Chemistry Chapter 1 : Overview : Atmospheric Chemistry Chapter 2 : Oxidizing Power of Atmosphere Chapter 3 : Tropospheric Ozone Chapter 4 : Nitrogen Oxides and Other Reactive Nitrogen Species Chapter 5 : Carbon Monoxide in the Atmosphere Chapter 6 : Atmospheric Methane Chapter 7 : Biogenic Nonmethane Hydrocarbons Chapter 8 : Atmospheric Sulfur Chapter 9 : Convective Transport Chapter 10 : Boundary Layer Processes and Flux Measurements Chapter 11 : Sources and Composition of Aerosol Particles Chapter 12 : Aerosols : Formation and Microphysics in the Troposphere Chapter 13 : Photochemical Smog : Ozone and Its Precursors Chapter 14 : Biomass Burning Chapter 15 : Acid Rain and Deposition Chapter 16 : Fundamentals of Visibility Chapter 17 : Cloud Chemistry Chapter 18 : Dry Deposition Chapter 19. : Fate of Atmospheric Trace Gases : Wet Deposition Chapter 20 : Large-Scale Circulation of the Stratosphere Chapter 21 : Stratospheric Ozone Observations Chapter 22 : Aerosol Processes in the Stratosphere
Section 2 : Hydrology Chapter 23 : Hydrology Overview Chapter 24 : Rainfall Chapter 25 : Snow Hydrology and Water Resources (Western United States) Chapter 26 : Evaluating the Spatial Distribution of Evaporation Chapter 27 : Infiltration and Soil Moisture Processes Chapter 28 : Groundwater Flow Processes Chapter 29 : Surface Runoff Generation Chapter 30 : Flow Routing Chapter 31 : Hydrologic Modeling for Runoff Forecasting Chapter 32 : Stochastic Characteristics and Modeling of Hydroclimatic Processes Chapter 33 : Stochastic Simulation of Precipitation and Streamflow Processes Chapter 34 : Stochastic Forecasting of Precipitation and Streamflow Processes Chapter 35 : Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems Applications in Hydrology Chapter 36 : Floods
Section 3 : Societal Impacts Chapter 37 : Climate and Society Chapter 38 : Household Food Security and Coping with Climatic Variability in Developing Countries Chapter 39 : Drought in the U.S. Great Plains Chapter 40 : Floods on the Mississippi River System of the United States Chapter 41 : Drought in Northwest Africa Chapter 42 : Hurricane as an Extreme Meteorological Event Chapter 43 : EL NINO in Australia Chapter 44 : Biological and Societal Impacts of Climate Variability : An Example from Peruvian Fisheries Chapter 45 : Drought in South Africa Chapter 46 : Transboundary Fisheries : Pacific Salmon Chapter 47 : Transboundary River Flow Changes Chapter 48 : Lessons from the Rising Caspian Chapter 49 : Acid Rain and Society Chapter 50 : Impacts of Climate Change Chapter 51 : Impacts of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Chapter 52 : Tropical Deforestation and Climate Chapter 53 : Desertification Chapter 54 : Imaginable Surprises