An Introduction to Atmospheric Physics

A quantitative introduction to atmospheric physics for intermediate-advanced undergraduate and graduate students, with an emphasis on the underlying physical principles.

David G. Andrews (Author)

9780521693189, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 29 April 2010

248 pages, 115 b/w illus. 2 tables 75 exercises
24.6 x 19 x 1.3 cm, 0.53 kg

'… I strongly recommend [this] book, both because there is no other recent text that covers the same material and because of the high quality … The author does an exceptional job of organising the presentation of complex material, and manages to explain it in terms that are accessible to undergraduates and more senior students, as well as people with a more casual interest in the topics who seek a basic understanding of the physical principles.' Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

A quantitative introduction to the Earth's atmosphere for intermediate-advanced undergraduate and graduate students, with an emphasis on underlying physical principles. This edition has been brought completely up-to-date, and now includes a new chapter on the physics of climate change which builds upon material introduced in earlier chapters, giving the student a broad understanding of some of the physical concepts underlying this most important and topical subject. In contrast to many other books on atmospheric science, the emphasis is on the underlying physics. Atmospheric applications are developed mainly in the problems given at the end of each chapter. The book is an essential resource for all students of atmospheric physics as part of an atmospheric science, meteorology, physics, Earth science, planetary science, or applied mathematics course.

1. Introduction
2. Atmospheric thermodynamics
3. Atmospheric radiation
4. Basic fluid dynamics
5. Further atmospheric fluid dynamics
6. Stratospheric chemistry
7. Atmospheric remote sounding
8. Climate change
9. Atmospheric modelling
Appendix A. Useful physical constants
Appendix B. Derivation of the equations of motion in spherical coordinates
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Mechanics of solids [TGMD], Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Atmospheric physics [PHVJ]