Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey

by John M. Wallace, Peter V. Hobbs

This book has been written in response to a need for a text to support several of the introductory courses in atmospheric sciences commonly taught in universities; namely, introductory survey courses at the junior or senior undergraduate level and beginning graduate level, the undergraduate physical meteorology course, and the undergraduate synoptic laboratory. These courses serve to introduce the student to the fundamental physical principles upon which the atmospheric sciences are based and to provide an elementary description and interpretation of the wide range of atmospheric phenomena dealt with in detail in more advanced courses. In planning the book we have assumed that students enrolled in such courses have already had some exposure to calculus and physics at the first-year college level and to chemistry at the high school level.

Genres: Science, Physics, Textbooks, Reference, Earth Sciences, Nonfiction

467 pages, Hardcover

First published April 28, 1977

Reviews

[Laura]

It's clear, it's concise, it's one of the few atmospheric science texts that I found useful.

[Hildur]

It gives good info on the subject of atmospheric science but from time to time the text can get a bit dry and it doesn't seem to flow as nicely as it could with the pictures provided.

[Mar]

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