Coastal Meteorology
- 1st Edition - May 28, 1988
- Latest edition
- Author: Shih-Ang Hsu
- Language: English
Coastal meteorology is an integral part of the total system approach to understanding coastal environments. This book provides information for students who are not necessarily… Read more
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Description
Description
Coastal meteorology is an integral part of the total system approach to understanding coastal environments. This book provides information for students who are not necessarily majoring in meteorology or atmospheric sciences but who nonetheless have need of such knowledge. Scientists, engineers, and coastal planners will also find this book a useful resource for familiarizing themselves with meteorological information.
Readership
Readership
Meteorologists, marine and coastal engineers, coastal environmental scientists, physical oceanographers, and graduate-level students in these fields.
Table of contents
Table of contents
Introduction. Radiation. Atmospheric Thermodyanmics. Atmospheric Dynamics. Synoptic Meteorology and Weather at Sea. Atmospheric Boundary Layers and Air-Sea Interaction. Air-Sea-Land Interaction. Engineering Meteorology. Appendix A. Units, Constants, and Conversions. Appendix B. The Beaufort Wind Scale. Appendix C. The Saffir/Simpson Damage-Potential Scale. Appendix D. Decomposition of the Vector Wind into U and V Components. Appendix E. List of Symbols for Surface Analysis.References. Index
Review quotes
Review quotes
"The book is nicely illustrated and contains most of what an undergraduate student needs to satisfy his/her curiosity about atmospheric principles (provided that mathematics is a subject of love and not of anxieties) before embarking on other marine topics of more focussed choice."—METEOROLOGY AND ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: May 28, 1988
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Shih-Ang Hsu
Affiliations and expertise
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