Weather: A Concise Introduction - Brossura

Hakim, Gregory J.

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ISBN 10: 1108965598 ISBN 13: 9781108965590

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2021

Riassunto

Weather 2e is a concise, affordable introductory text covering the processes of weather. Now with updated coverage, questions and exercises.

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Professor Greg Hakim is a leading scientist in the areas of weather analysis, predictability and dynamics. His research interests include weather and climate prediction, hurricanes, past climates, and polar circulation patterns. He is author of over eighty scientific papers and a leading textbook on dynamic meteorology. He has served on the advisory panel for the Directorate of Geosciences at the National Science Foundation, as Chair of the advisory panel for the Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), as a member of the NCAR Advisory Panel, as a member of the NCAR Strategic Planning Council, and as Chair of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research's President's Advisory Committee on University Relations. He has undergraduate degrees in Math and Atmospheric Sciences, and a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science from the University at Albany, State University of NY. After a postdoctoral fellowship in the Advanced Study Program at NCAR, Greg joined the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington in 1999 where he is a Professor, won the department teaching award, and served as Department Chair from 2012-2017.

Jérôme Patoux, Ph.D., is a former faculty member from the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle. He earned a Master's degree in environmental engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a doctorate in atmospheric science from the University of Washington, Seattle. He has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He has taught undergraduate introductory meteorology for many years, and has been funded by NSF to develop weather and climate curriculum. He currently teaches in the Education Division of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1108965598
• ISBN 13: 9781108965590
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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