An engaging, comprehensive, richly illustrated textbook about the atmospheric general circulation, written by leading researchers in the field. The book elucidates the pervasive role of atmospheric dynamics in the Earth System, interprets the structure and evolution of atmospheric motions across a range of space and time scales in terms of fundamental theoretical principles, and includes relevant historical background and tutorials on research methodology. The book includes over 300 exercises and is accompanied by extensive online resources, including solutions manuals, an animations library, and an introduction to online visualization and analysis tools. This textbook is suitable as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses in atmospheric sciences and geosciences curricula and as a reference textbook for researchers.

Formato	Tapa dura
Número de Páginas	456
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	Cambridge University Press
Fecha de Publicación	2023-04-20
Dimensiones	11.0" x 8.5" x 0.94" pulgadas
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No

Hartmann, Dennis L.

Dennis Hartmann is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington. He served as Department Chair from 2002-07. He is a recipient of the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the Carl Gustav Rossby Research Medal of the AMS, and the Revelle Medal of the AGU. He is a Fellow of the AGU and the AMS, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of the textbook Global Physical Climatology (2006).

Wallace, John M.

John M. Wallace is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences of the University of Washington. He served as Department Chair from 1983-1988. He is a recipient of the James B. Macelwane and Roger Revelle Medals of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and the Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award and Carl-Gustav Rossby Medal of the American Meteorological Society (AMS). He is a Fellow of the AGU and the AMS, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the co-author (with Peter Hobbs) of Atmospheric Sciences: An Introductory Survey (2006), one of the most influential textbooks in the field.

Thompson, David W. J.

David W. J. Thompson is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at Colorado State University and the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia. He is a recipient of the Clarence B. Meisinger Award of the AMS, the James B. Macelwane Medal and the Jule G. Charney Lectureship of the AGU, the Royal Society (UK) Wolfson Fellowship, and the Monfort Professorship at Colorado State University. He is a Fellow of the AGU.

Battisti, David S.

David S. Battisti is Professor and Tamaki Chair of Atmospheric Sciences in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington. He is a recipient of the Carl-Gustav Rossby Research Medal of the AMS and was a Carnegie Centennial Professor of Scotland from 2014-16. He is a Fellow of the AGU and the AMS, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a co-editor of the journal Weather and Climate Dynamics.