Wallace, John M. creator Battisti, David S. author. Thompson, David W. J. author. Hartman, Dennis L. author. text United States of America Cambridge University Press c2023 monographic eng

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xv, 406 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Preface.—Acknowledgements.—Background.—Atmospheric Observations and Models.—Heuristic Models of the General Circulation.—Balance Requirements of the General Circulation.—The Angular Momentum Balance.—Mass Balance of Atmospheric Trace Constituents.—Balance of Total Energy.-- The Mechanical Energy Cycle.-- Dynamics of the Zonal Mean Flow.--Wave -Mean Flow Interaction.-- The Stratospheric General Circulation.--The Global Stratospheric Circulation.-- Wave -Mean Flow Interaction in the Tropical Stratosphere.--The Zonally Varying Extratropical Tropospheric Circulation.-- The Northern Hemisphere Winter Zonally Varying Climatology.--The High Frequency Extratropical Transients.--The Low Frequency Extratropical Transients.-- The Tropical General Circulation.-- The Annual Mean Circulation.-- Tropical Convection.-- The Seasons in The Tropics.—EL Niño-Southern Oscillation.— Intraseasonal Variability of the Tropical General Circulation.—Day-to-Day Variability of the Tropical Circulation.—warm Core Tropical Vortices.—Diurnal and Higher Frequency Variability of the Global Circulation.—Appendix A Space and Time Averaging Operation.—Appendix B The Zonal Momentum Balance.—Appendix C Methods of Identifying Teleconnection Patterns.—Appendix D Scaling and Application Of the Weak Temperature Gradient Approximation.—Appendix E Math Symbols and Abbreviations.—Appendix F Extended Figure Captions. by John M. Wallace, David S. Battisi, David W. J. Thompson and Dennis L. Hartman. includes bibliography and index. Atmospheric Cir./632.1/W187/2023 000645 9781108474245 251007