Atmospheric Processes and SystemsRoutledge, 2002年3月11日 - 224 頁 Atmospheric Processes and Systems presents a concise introduction to the atmosphere and the fundamentals of weather. Examining different aspects of the mass, energy and circulation systems in the atmosphere, this text provides detailed accounts of specific phenomena, including |
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Chapter | 13 |
Chapter 3 | 26 |
Radiation balance and energy balance modifications due to urbanisation | 36 |
Energy transfers within the troposphere and their influence | 40 |
Temperature inversions and their role in air pollution episodes | 48 |
Atmospheric Water | 53 |
Suppression of vapour flux by deliberate human activities | 63 |
Chapter 6 | 109 |
Upper troposphere pressure and wind systems | 110 |
weather systems | 121 |
Synoptic Situations | 127 |
The role of air masses in the secondary atmospheric circulation of Europe North America and Australia | 137 |
Weather disturbances | 142 |
The role of Rossby waves and PFJ flow on surface highs and lows | 144 |
The characteristics and dynamics of warm and cold fronts | 151 |
The condensation process and condensation forms at or close | 66 |
Fog dispersal and frost protection by human activities | 72 |
Cloud seeding and precipitation modification | 81 |
Global Pressure | 85 |
The intertropical convergence zone | 94 |
Models of the globalgeneral circulation | 108 |
The influence of El Niño and the Southern Oscillation on tropical | 153 |
weather disturbances | 161 |
Tertiary circulationslocal airflows | 164 |
Classic sea breeze fronts in southern Britain | 170 |
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