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008 110129s2010 enka b 001 0 eng
020 _a9780199215423
041 _aEnglish
042 _apcc
082 _a551.5
_bMCL
100 1 _aMcIlveen, J. F. R.
245 1 0 _aFundamentals of weather and climate /
_cRobin McIlveen.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2010.
300 _axxv, 632 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
500 _aOriginally published in 1986 as Basic meteorology: a physical outline.
505 _tObservations --
_tThe constitution of the atmosphere --
_tThe state of the atmosphere --
_tAtmospheric thermodynamics --
_tCloud and precipitation --
_tAtmospheric dynamics --
_tRadiation convection and advection --
_tThe atmospheric engine --
_tSurface and boundary layer --
_tSmaller-scale weather systems --
_tLarge-scale weather systems in mid-latitudes --
_tLarge-scale weather systems in low latitudes --
_tClimate and climate change.
650 0 _aMeteorology.
650 0 _aAtmospheric physics.
700 1 _aMcIlveen, J. F. R.
942 _2ddc
_cBOOKS
100 1 _q(J. F. Robin)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [619]-623) and index.
520 _aFundamentals 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.
700 1 _q(J. F. Robin).
_tBasic meteorology: a physical outline.
999 _c26158
_d26158