Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences
- 3rd Edition - November 15, 2025
- Editors: Walter A Robinson, Ping Yang
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 6 0 2 6 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 8 2 1 - 9
Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, Third Edition offers comprehensive insights into the role of the atmosphere in weather, climate, and life. It covers all principal processes… Read more
Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, Third Edition offers comprehensive insights into the role of the atmosphere in weather, climate, and life. It covers all principal processes and phenomena, including intensive measurement and simulation techniques used to predict weather, project climate change, and assess human impacts on the atmospheric environment. The past decade has seen rapid advancements in the atmospheric sciences, necessitating the inclusion of several new topics in this updated edition. The book highlights key areas of progress such as anthropogenic climate change, high resolution numerical modeling, and the use of machine learning and AI in forecasting and climate simulation.
It also covers advances in observational technologies and the study of planetary atmospheres, providing multimedia animations of weather phenomena and model simulations to enhance understanding. Geoengineering, as a controversial yet significant subject, is also addressed within the broader scope of climate change topics.
With over 280 chapters written by world experts in the field, Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, 3rd edition once again provides students and researchers with a comprehensive, one stop reference work covering the entire field.
- Around 280 chapters written by world-leading experts in atmospheric sciences.
- Provides current and comprehensive treatment of all aspects of the atmospheric sciences, linking fundamental science to applications
- Presents in-depth coverage of topics relating to climate change, arguably the most important environmental issue confronting humanity
- Helps readers navigate the breadth of atmospheric science, ranging from physics and fluid dynamics to chemistry and interactions with biological and human systems
- Includes new topics on anthropogenic climate change, high resolution numerical modeling, new observational technologies, and planetary atmospheres
University and research libraries serving Earth & Environmental Sciences, in particular Atmospheric Science, Climatology, Ecology, Civil Engineering Practitioners working in fields related to atmospheric science e.g. ecologists, civil & electrical engineers, hydrologists, oceanographers, architects
Sections covered:
Aerosols and clouds
Observational methods - general
Applied meteorology
Modeling and prediction
Atmospheric dynamics
Atmospheric physics
Atmospheric chemistry, composition, & structure
Climate and climate change
Middle, upper, & planetary atmospheres
Observational methods - satellites
Weather phenomena
- Edition: 3
- Published: November 15, 2025
- Language: English
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Ping Yang
Ping Yang is Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and the David Bullock Harris Chair in Geosciences. Yang has published 309 journal papers, 11 book chapters, and 3 books. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Lanzhou University and Lanzhou Institute of Plateau Atmospheric Physics/Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, in 1985 and 1988, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, in 1995. Yang is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA), American Geophysical Union (AGU), and American Meteorological Society (AMS).
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA