Coastal Meteorology

Shih-Ang Hsu (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

260 Seiten

1988
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-357955-3 (ISBN)

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Coastal meteorology is an integral part of the total system approach to understanding coastal environments. This book provides information for students who are not necessarily majoring in meteorology or atmospheric sciences but who nonetheless have need of such knowledge. Scientists, engineers, and coastal planners will also find this book a useful resource for familiarizing themselves with meteorological information.

Introduction. Radiation. Atmospheric Thermodyanmics. Atmospheric Dynamics. Synoptic Meteorology and Weather at Sea. Atmospheric Boundary Layers and Air-Sea Interaction. Air-Sea-Land Interaction. Engineering Meteorology. Appendix A. Units, Constants, and Conversions. Appendix B. The Beaufort Wind Scale. Appendix C. The Saffir/Simpson Damage-Potential Scale. Appendix D. Decomposition of the Vector Wind into U and V Components. Appendix E. List of Symbols for Surface Analysis.References. Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.7.1988
Verlagsort	San Diego
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	520 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
ISBN-10	0-12-357955-4 / 0123579554
ISBN-13	978-0-12-357955-3 / 9780123579553
Zustand	Neuware