Mesoscale-Convective Processes in the Atmosphere
Robert J. Trapp
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Description for Mesoscale-Convective Processes in the Atmosphere
hardcover. Modern, accessible treatment of observations, prediction and dynamical evolution of thunderstorms and mesoscale phenomena, for advanced students, researchers and professionals. Num Pages: 377 pages, 147 b/w illus. 32 colour illus. 5 tables 27 exercises. BIC Classification: PHVJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 263 x 182 x 22. Weight in Grams: 982.
This new textbook seeks to promote a deep yet accessible understanding of mesoscale-convective processes in the atmosphere. Mesoscale-convective processes are commonly manifested in the form of thunderstorms, which are fast evolving, inherently hazardous, and can assume a broad range of sizes and severity. Modern explanations of the convective-storm dynamics, and of the related development of tornadoes, damaging 'straight-line' winds and heavy rainfall, are provided. Students and weather professionals will benefit especially from unique chapters devoted to observations and measurements of mesoscale phenomena, mesoscale prediction and predictability, and dynamical feedbacks between mesoscale-convective processes and larger-scale motions.
This new textbook seeks to promote a deep yet accessible understanding of mesoscale-convective processes in the atmosphere. Mesoscale-convective processes are commonly manifested in the form of thunderstorms, which are fast evolving, inherently hazardous, and can assume a broad range of sizes and severity. Modern explanations of the convective-storm dynamics, and of the related development of tornadoes, damaging 'straight-line' winds and heavy rainfall, are provided. Students and weather professionals will benefit especially from unique chapters devoted to observations and measurements of mesoscale phenomena, mesoscale prediction and predictability, and dynamical feedbacks between mesoscale-convective processes and larger-scale motions.
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
377
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
377
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521889421
SKU
V9780521889421
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About Robert J. Trapp
Robert J. Trapp received his PhD in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma in 1994. He was a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow and then was appointed as a research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies and the National Severe Storms Laboratory. Part of this appointment was spent at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Trapp joined ... Read more
Reviews for Mesoscale-Convective Processes in the Atmosphere
'… the initial goal of the book, a study of a family of extremely complex phenomena of foremost interest in the field of atmospheric fluid mechanics, is successfully achieved.' Jose Miguel Pacheco Castelao, Mathematical Reviews 'There is … a series of online supplemental resources available for this book that could prove to be very helpful to instructors [of] mesoscale meteorology ... Read more