Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans: Volume 65

by Peter J Webster, Judith A. Curry, Peter J. Webster

Atmospheric and climatological studies are becoming more and more important in day-to-day living. Winds and ocean current owe their existence to the thermodynamic imbalances that arise from the differential heating of the Earth and air by the sun. Accounting for heat exchanges with the atmosphere and ocean is essential in any predictive model of the ocean and/or atmosphere. Thermodynamic feedback processes in the atmosphere and ocean are critical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0121995704
• ISBN13: 9780121995706
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 471 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"