The Architecture of Clouds | Buch

Cover: 9780198870548 | The Architecture of Clouds | Howard B. Bluestein | Buch | Englisch

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Featuring a wealth of high-quality photographs, this text describes clouds in a captivating and visual way. The science behind why clouds form and the meteorological context in which the clouds appear is presented in a detailed yet straightforward approach accessible to any reader.

Über den Autor

Howard B. (Howie "Cb") Bluestein was raised in Boston and Miami Beach. He earned B. S. and M. S. degrees in electrical engineering and M. S. and Ph. D. degrees in meteorology from M.I.T. He is a Professor and George Lynn Cross Research Professor in the School of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma, Norman and a frequent visiting scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. He uses advanced, mobile Doppler-radar systems to study severe convective storms and tornadoes. His cloud photographs have been published and exhibited in art museums worldwide.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Introduction: The Physical Theory and the Aesthetics of Clouds

2: Non-buoyant Clouds in a Stable Atmosphere

3: Buoyant Clouds: Part I. Convective, Non-precipitating Clouds

4: Buoyant Clouds: Part II. "Deep," Convective, Precipitating Clouds

5: Clouds Influenced by Rotation

6: The Future of Cloud Observing

Appendix 1: Computing the pressure-gradient force for air

Appendix 2: How changes in vorticity with time can be explained without explicitly taking the pressure into account

Appendix 3: Camera equipment, film, and the evolution of cloud-photography techniques

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2024
Fachbereich:	Thermodynamik
Genre:	Importe , Physik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
ISBN-13:	9780198870548
ISBN-10:	019887054X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Bluestein, Howard B.
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Abbildungen:	390 line drawings and photographs
Maße:	257 x 184 x 47 mm
Von/Mit:	Howard B. Bluestein
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.03.2024
Gewicht:	1,252 kg

Artikel-ID: 127255645

Über den Autor

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Introduction: The Physical Theory and the Aesthetics of Clouds

2: Non-buoyant Clouds in a Stable Atmosphere

3: Buoyant Clouds: Part I. Convective, Non-precipitating Clouds

4: Buoyant Clouds: Part II. "Deep," Convective, Precipitating Clouds

5: Clouds Influenced by Rotation

6: The Future of Cloud Observing

Appendix 1: Computing the pressure-gradient force for air

Appendix 2: How changes in vorticity with time can be explained without explicitly taking the pressure into account

Appendix 3: Camera equipment, film, and the evolution of cloud-photography techniques

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2024
Fachbereich:	Thermodynamik
Genre:	Importe , Physik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
ISBN-13:	9780198870548
ISBN-10:	019887054X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Bluestein, Howard B.
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Abbildungen:	390 line drawings and photographs
Maße:	257 x 184 x 47 mm
Von/Mit:	Howard B. Bluestein
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.03.2024
Gewicht:	1,252 kg