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Title: Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey by John M. Wallace, Peter Victor Hobbs ISBN: 0-12-732950-1 Publisher: Academic Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1977 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent (albeit dated) treatment of atmos. science
Comment: (Update--there is a new version of this textbook at some stage of the review process...watch for it soon!)
It's too bad Wallace and Hobbs never got around to revising this edition of the text, written in 1977. Of all the undergraduate textbooks I had, this was by far the best.
W&H cover all the important topics in meteorology and atmospheric science. Each chapter is very well written, easy to understand, and has good graphics and thought-provoking (often difficult!) questions at the end of each chapter. Each chapter ends with a series of mathematical questions--some of which require a good bit of thinking to arrive at the right equation to use; and also a series of "explain or interpret these statements." This is where you find out how much you really know!
Why do I like this book? Each chapter can, to some extent, stand on its own. Even though the material is dated (Chapter 5, on clouds and storms, would need significant additions in a course taught today), fundamental principles were the same then and are explained well. The historical notes about famous scientists also add character to the text.
My suggestion for a new reader: Chapters 1, 2, 8, 3, and 5 in that order. Then add Chapters 9, 4, 6, and 7. This way, you get the fundamental theory and then get to apply all you know to actual weather systems (in 3 and 5). The remaining four are almost like special topics and can be read at any time. If anyone has better suggestions, let me know!
Rating: 5
Summary: stimulating book
Comment: Although not being a specialist in the field (mine is Condensed Matter Physics), I found this book to be quite stimulating and well written. It is suitable for a student who has already some familiarity with Physics and Calculus (including several variables and vector calculus) and , in my opinion, that is just what makes it exciting, because it does not, although being introductory, bores the non-specialist reader with a mass of details or strict qualitative information. I have been responsible for introductory Themodynamics classes for students of Physics and Meteorology for the last four years in my institute, and now I intend to use examples from the book .
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Title: An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology (INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICS SERIES) by James R. Holton ISBN: 012354355X Publisher: Academic Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1992 List Price(USD): $73.95 |
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Title: Meteorology for Scientists and Engineers: A Technical Companion Book to C. Donald Ahrens' Meteorology Today by Roland B. Stull ISBN: 0534372147 Publisher: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company Pub. Date: 30 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $31.95 |
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Title: Physics of Climate by Abraham H. Oort ISBN: 0883187124 Publisher: AIP Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1992 List Price(USD): $67.95 |
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Title: Atmospheric Thermodynamics by Craig F. Bohren, Bruce A. Albrecht ISBN: 0195099044 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $74.95 |
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Title: Ocean Circulation by Angela Colling, Open U Course Team Staff, Open University Oceanography Course Team ISBN: 0750652780 Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Pub. Date: 17 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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