Atmospheric Convection
by David J. Raymond
Publisher: New Mexico Tech 2009
Number of pages: 224
Description:
A graduate course in the physics of atmospheric convection: Governing equations of fluid dynamics; Convection and turbulence; Thermodynamics of moist convection; Simple models of convection; Microphysics of convection; Convection and the environment.
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