Title: Fundamentals of atmospheric energetics /
Authors: Wiin-Nielsen, A.; Chen, Tsing-Chang.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Dynamic meteorology.; Atmospheric physics
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Some Elementary Considerations -- 3. Basic Aspects of Atmospheric Energy -- 4. Available Potential Energy -- 5. Baroclinic and Barotropic Flow -- 6. Transports of Sensible Heat and Momentum -- 7. Zonal and Eddy Energies -- 8. Divergent and Nondivergent Flow -- 9. Wavenumber representations -- 10. Interaction Among Waves -- 11. Energetics and Predictability -- 12. Energetics of An Open Domain -- 13. Energetics of Some Special Phenomena -- 14. Quasi-Periodic Variation of Atmospheric Energetics -- 15. Energetics of the Tropics: Planetary Scale -- 16. Energetics of the Tropics: Synoptic Scale -- 17. Energetics of the Southern Hemisphere.