{"product_id":"mid-latitude-atmospheric-dynamics-isbn-9780470864654","title":"Mid-Latitude Atmospheric Dynamics","description":"This exciting text provides a mathematically rigorous yet accessible textbook that is primarily aimed at atmospheric science majors. Its accessibility is due to the texts emphasis on conceptual understanding.  \u003cp\u003eThe first five chapters constitute a companion text to introductory courses covering the dynamics of the mid-latitude atmosphere. The final four chapters constitute a more advanced course, and provide insights into the diagnostic power of the quasi-geostrophic approximation of the equations outlined in the previous chapters, the meso-scale dynamics of thefrontal zone, the alternative PV perspective for cyclone interpretation, and the dynamics of the life-cycle of mid-latitude cyclones.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten in a clear and accessible style\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures real weather examples and global case studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach chapter sets out clear learning objectives and tests students’ knowledge with concluding questions and answers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Solutions Manual is also available for this textbook on the Instructor Companion Site \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wileyeurope.com\/college\/martin\"\u003ewww.wileyeurope.com\/college\/martin\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“…a student-friendly yet rigorous textbook that accomplishes what no other textbook has done before… I highly recommend this textbook. For instructors, this is a great book if they don’t have their own class notes – one can teach straight from the book. And for students, this is a great book if they don’t take good class notes – one can learn straight from the book. This is a rare attribute of advanced textbooks.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), 2008\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePreface.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Introduction and Review of Mathematical Tools.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Fluids and the nature of fluid dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Review of useful mathematical tools.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.1 Elements of vector calculus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.2 The Taylor series expansion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.3 Centred difference approximations to derivatives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.4 Temporal changes of a continuous variable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Estimating with scale analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Basic kinematics of fluids.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.1 Pure vorticity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.2 Pure divergence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.3 Pure stretching deformation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.4 Pure shearing deformation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Mensuration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected references.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Fundamental and Apparent Forces.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 The fundamental forces.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.1 The pressure gradient force.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.2 The gravitational force.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.3 The frictional force.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Apparent forces.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1 The centrifugal force.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2 The Coriolis force.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected references.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Mass, Momentum, and Energy: The Fundamental Quantities of the Physical World.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Mass in the Atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.1 The hypsometric equation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Conservation of momentum: The equations of motion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.1 The equations of motion in spherical coordinates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.2 Conservation of mass.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Conservation of energy: The energy equation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected references.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Applications of the Equations of Motion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Pressure as a vertical coordinate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Potential temperature as a vertical coordinate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 The thermal wind balance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Natural coordinates and balanced flows.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4.1 Geostrophic flow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4.2 Inertial flow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4.3 Cyclostrophic flow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4.4 Gradient flow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 The relationship between trajectories and streamlines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected references.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Circulation, Vorticity, and Divergence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 The Circulation theorem and its physical interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Vorticity and potential vorticity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 The relationship between vorticity and divergence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 The quasi-geostrophic system of equations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected references.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. The Diagnosis of Mid-Latitude Synoptic-Scale Vertical Motions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 The nature of the ageostrophic wind: Isolating the acceleration vector.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.1 Sutcliffe’s expression for net ageostrophic divergence in a column.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.2 Another perspective on the ageostrophic wind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 The Sutcliffe development theorem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 The quasi-geostrophic omega equation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 The \u003ci\u003eQ\u003c\/i\u003e_-vector.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.1 The geostrophic pradox and its resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.2 A natural coordinate version of the _\u003ci\u003eQ\u003c\/i\u003e-vector.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.3 The along- and across-isentrope components of _\u003ci\u003eQ.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected references.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. The Vertical Circulation at Fronts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 The structural and dynamical characteristics of mid-latitude fronts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Frontogenesis and vertical motions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 The semi-geostrophic equations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Upper-level frontogenesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Precipitation processes at fronts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected references.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Dynamical Aspects of the Life Cycle of the Mid-Latitude Cyclone.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction: The polar front theory of cyclones.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Basic structural and energetic characteristics of the cyclone.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 The cyclogenesis stage: The QG tendency equation perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 The cyclogenesis stage: The QG omega equation perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 The cyclogenetic influence of diabatic processes: Explosive cyclogenesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 The post-mature stage: Characteristic thermal structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 The post-mature stage: The QG dynamics of the occluded quadrant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8 The Decay Stage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected references.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Potential Vorticity and Applications to Mid-Latitude Weather Systems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Potential vorticity and isentropic divergence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Characteristics of a positive PV anomaly.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Cyclogenesis from the PV perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 The influence of diabatic heating on PV.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Additional applications of the PV perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5.1 Piecewise PV inversion and some applications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5.2 A PV perspective on occlusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5.3 A PV perspective on leeside cyclogenesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5.4 The effects of PV superposition and attenuation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected references.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix A: Virtual Temperature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \"A student-friendly yet rigorous textbook that accomplishes what no other textbook has done before … I highly recommend this textbook.\" (\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the American Meteorological Society\u003c\/i\u003e)  \u003cp\u003e\"... I have personally used Mid-Latitude Atmospheric Dynamics … and found it to be a welcome addition to my reading lists.\" (\u003ci\u003eArea\u003c\/i\u003e, 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJonathan E. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he has taught since 1994.  He has received numerous accolades for his teaching including the Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award and is a Fellow in the Teaching Academy of the University of Wisconsin.  His teaching excellence is allied with  research expertise in the study of mid-latitude weather systems. Professor Martin has published extensively in scholarly journals and was awarded the distinction of being named a Mark H. Ingraham Distinguished Faculty Member by the College of Letters and Science at UW-Madison.  \u003ci\u003eMid-Latitude Atmospheric Dynamics: A First Course\u003c\/i\u003e provides an introduction to the physical and mathematical description of mid-latitude atmospheric dynamics and its application to the diagnosis of extratropical cyclones.  Requring a background in physics and calculus but no prior knowledge of meteorology, this student-friendly text places the emphasis on conceptual understanding.  \u003cp\u003eWritten in a conversation tone, this text is an ideal companion for a first course on the subject, delving into greater depth as the book, and the student, progresses.  Real weather examples are woven through the more mathematically focused early chapters, while later chapters introduce a range of case-studies from the around the globe to illustrate theoretical and phenomenological aspects of the mid-latitude cyclone life cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003efeatures end of chapter bibliography and problems\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003etakes a conceptual building block approach\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eincludes numerous real weather examples from around the globe\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989625946341,"sku":"NP9780470864654","price":104.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470864654.jpg?v=1761784860","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mid-latitude-atmospheric-dynamics-isbn-9780470864654","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}