Advances in Geophysics
Academic Press
Published on 1. January 1964
487 pages
978-0-08-056838-6 (ISBN)
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Advances in Geophysics
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Advances in Geophysics: v. 10
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11/1964
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- Front Cover
- Advances in Geophysics, Volume 10
- Copyright Page
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Atlantic Air-Sea Interaction
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Pure Wind Drift of the Water near the Ocean Surface
- 3. The Geostrophic Ocean Currents
- 4. The Oceanic Heat Budget
- 5. The Local Heat Balance of the North Atlantic Ocean
- 6. Correlation of Sea Temperature and Strength of the Westerlies between the Azores and Iceland
- 7. Maps of Short Trends of Change of the North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures and the Related Change of the Atmospheric Circulation
- 8. The Long Trend of Cooling North of 50°N from the 1890's to the Early 1920's
- 9. The Trend of Warming after the Early 1920's, and Superimposed Short-Period Fluctuations
- 10. Summarization of the Variations of Sea Temperature in the Belt of Westerlies
- 11. The Chronology of Atlantic Temperature Variations between 30°N and 30°s
- 12. The Trans-Equatorial Heat Exchange
- 13. Atmospheric and Oceanic Temperature Anomalies Around 1800 A.D.
- 14. The Role of the Atlantic for the Meridional Heat Flux in the Northern Hemisphere
- 15. Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- List of Symbols
- References
- Chapter 2. The Optical Spectrum of Lightning
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Generation and Forms of Lightning
- 3. Lightning Spectroscopy
- 4. The Temperature of Lightning
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 3. Scattered Radiation in the Atmosphere and the Natural Aerosol
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Aerosol
- 3. Main Light Scattering Parameters and Basic Computations According to the Mie Theory
- 4. Computations of Light Scattering Properties of a Unit Volume of Air for Various Model Aerosols
- 5. Measured Light Scattering Properties of a Unit Volume of Air Compared to Computational Results
- 6. Measurements and Calculations of Intensity and Polarization of Sky Radiation
- 7. Conclusions
- 8. Appendix to Section 3. Main Parameters of Scattered Radiation with Regard to Aerosol Size Distribution
- Acknowledgments
- List of Symbols
- References
- Chapter 4. Tensor Calculus in Atmospheric Mechanics
- 1. Introduction
- 2. World Tensors and Instantaneous Tensors
- 3. Internal Kinematics of a Deformable Body
- 4. Kinematics of a Motion
- 5. The Atmosphere and Its Motion
- 6. Balance Equations
- 7. Averaging Processes
- 8. Anholonomic Coordinates
- 9. Special Coordinate Systems
- List of Symbols
- References
- Chapter 5. Advances in Radar Meteorology
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Quantitative Measurements
- 3. Reflectivity and Attenuation of Atmospheric Particles
- 4. Radar Measurements of Precipitation
- 5. The Measurement of Storm Dimensions
- 6. Signal Fluctuations and Doppler Radar
- 7. Instrumentation for Data Processing, Display, and Transmission
- 8. "Angel" Echoes
- 9. Summary
- Acknowledgments
- List of Symbols
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
