Physics of climate

Book · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7287064

Peixoto, J P; Oort, A H

Physics of Climate is a suitable text for at least part of a general circulation course. The quantity and quality of information in this book are such that anyone involved in the study of the atmosphere or climate will wish to have it handy. In particular, anyone working with a general circulation model will want to see how his model compares with the observed world. Eight chapters are the core of the text. They cover: data description; observed states of the atmosphere, ocean, and cryosphere; exchanges between the atmosphere and the surface; and the budgets of water, angular momentum, and energy.

• OSTI ID: 7287064
• Resource Relation: Other Information: From review by Walter Robinson, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in Bulletin of the American Meterological Society, Vol. 73, No. 11, (Nov 1992)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CLIMATES
PHYSICS
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS
REVIEWS
DOCUMENT TYPES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
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