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Atmospheric Tidal and Planetary Waves

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  • © 1988

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Authors:
  1. Hans Volland

    1. Radioastronomical Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, West Germany

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Part of the book series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library (ATSL, volume 12)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Hans Volland
    Pages 1-5

  3. Basic Equations

    • Hans Volland
    Pages 6-32

  4. External Energy Sources

    • Hans Volland
    Pages 33-52

  5. Internal Energy Sources and Sinks

    • Hans Volland
    Pages 53-67

  6. Horizontal Modal Structure

    • Hans Volland
    Pages 68-115

  7. Vertical Modal Structure

    • Hans Volland
    Pages 116-157

  8. Nonlinear Wave Propagation

    • Hans Volland
    Pages 158-198

  9. Tidal Waves

    • Hans Volland
    Pages 199-265

  10. Planetary Waves

    • Hans Volland
    Pages 266-321

  11. Epilogue

    • Hans Volland
    Pages 322-322

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 323-348
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About this book

Prior to the space age, meteorologists rarely paid particular attention to the height regions above the tropopause. What was known about the upper atmosphere above about 100 km came essentially from ionospheric and geomagnetic research. The region in between, presently known as the middle atmosphere, was almost terra incognita above the height reachable by balloons. It was space research that allowed for the first time direct access to middle and upper atmospheric heights. About 40 years ago, Sidney Chapman coined a new word 'aeronomy' to describe the study of these two height regions. When asked about the difference between aeronomy and meteorology, he allegedly replied: 'it is the same as between astronomy and astrology' . This mild irony indicates the preferred prejudice of many ionospheric physicists and geomagneticians in those days toward meteorology as a descriptive rather than an exact science, in spite of the presence of such giants as Carl Rossby and Hans Ertel.

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`It can be highly recommended for advanced students and workers in meteorology, geophysics, space physics, fluid mechanics and applied mathematics.'
Contributions to Atmospheric Physics/Beiträge zur Physik der Atmosphäre, 63 (3,4)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Radioastronomical Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, West Germany

    Hans Volland

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Atmospheric Tidal and Planetary Waves

  • Authors: Hans Volland

  • Series Title: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2861-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2630-8Published: 31 October 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7787-3Published: 06 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2861-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1383-8601

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-162X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 348

  • Topics: Atmospheric Sciences

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