TY - BOOK AU - McIlveen,J.F.R. AU - AU - McIlveen,J.F.R. AU - TI - Fundamentals of weather and climate SN - 9780199215423 U1 - 551.5 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Meteorology KW - Atmospheric physics N1 - Originally published in 1986 as Basic meteorology: a physical outline; Includes bibliographical references (p. [619]-623) and index; Observations -- ; The constitution of the atmosphere -- ; The state of the atmosphere -- ; Atmospheric thermodynamics -- ; Cloud and precipitation -- ; Atmospheric dynamics -- ; Radiation convection and advection -- ; The atmospheric engine -- ; Surface and boundary layer -- ; Smaller-scale weather systems -- ; Large-scale weather systems in mid-latitudes -- ; Large-scale weather systems in low latitudes -- ; Climate and climate change. N2 - Fundamentals of Weather and Climate offers an engaging and insightful treatment of the behaviour of the lower atmosphere, and takes a quantitative approach to describing the mechanisms underlying this behaviour ER -