num_pages: 80
description: The purpose of this monograph is to describe the linkage between the upper-tropospheric circulation and surface weather in the Northern Hemisphere westerlies. Although this description specifically emphasizes short-term process, the establishment of the physical basis of synoptic climatology in the westerlies is the underlying goal. It has been written in qualitative rather than quantitative terms, using equations having only conceptual value, in order to render the relevant processes accessible to college-level users of diverse backgrounds. First, a discussion of long waves, then the idea of short traveling waves and their relationship to surface pressure centers, and the connection between long waves and patterns of temperature and precipitation. The second part is limited to 500mb climatology.
language: English
title: Synoptic Climatology of the Westerlies: Process and Patterns
titlecomplete: Synoptic Climatology of the Westerlies: Process and Patterns (RESOURCE PUBLICATIONS IN GEOGRAPHY)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Assn of Amer Geographers