Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology in Midlatitudes / Edition 1

by Bluestein, Howard B. Bluestein

Overview

Synoptic meteorology, the study of large-scale weather systems and forecasting using observation, and dynamic meteorology, the study of the laws of physics involved in air movement, are treated in this major new text in two volumes. The author, a meteorologist noted for his research on tornadoes and severe storms, based his work on material he has taught for the past 14 years at the University of Oklahoma. There are no modern texts on the topic. Volume II covers the formation, motion and climatology of extratropical weather systems in the context of the quasigeostrophic theory and "IPV" thinking, the formation and structure of fronts and jets, applications of semigeostrophic theory, and the observed structure and dynamics of precipitation systems in midlatitudes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195062687
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/14/1993
Series:	Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology in Midlatitudes
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	608
Product dimensions:	9.66(w) x 6.49(h) x 1.36(d)

About the Author

University of Oklahoma, Norman

Table of Contents

PART I: The Behavior of Synoptic-Scale, Extra-Tropical Systems1. The Formation of Surface Pressure Systems2. The Movement of Surface Pressure Systems3. The Formation of Upper-Level Systems4. The Movement of Upper-Level Troughs and Ridges5. Instability, Cyclogenesis, and Anticyclogenesis6. The Classical Midlatitude Cyclone7. Analysis of Midlatitude, Synoptic-Scale Systems using the Balance Equations8. Analysis of Midlatitude, Synoptic-Scale Systems using a Generalized Height-Tendency Equation9. Analysis of Midlatitude, Synoptic-Scale Systems using Isentropic Potential Vorticity ThinkingPART II: Fronts and Jets1. The Relationship between Fronts and Jets2. Consequences of the Cross-Front Scale3. Kinematics and Thermodynamics of Frontogenesis4. Observational Aspects of Fronts5. Dynamics of Surface Frontogenesis6. Dynamics of Middle-Upper Tropospheric Frontogenesis7. Observational Aspects of Jets and Jet Streaks8. Dynamics of Jets and Jet StreaksPART III: Precipitation Systems in Mid-Latitudes1. Introduction2. Types of Precipitation3. The Classification of Precipitation Systems4. Convective Systems5. Nonconvective Systems