Jet Stream
A Journey Through our Changing Climate
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book offers a general introduction to the jet stream, and examines how it affects much of the weather across the northern hemisphere. The science is built up as we follow a journey along the jet stream, providing structure and an element of a travelogue.
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This book offers a general introduction to the jet stream, and examines how it affects much of the weather across the northern hemisphere. The science is built up as we follow a journey along the jet stream, providing structure and an element of a travelogue.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Jet Stream “
- 1: Launch
- 2: Trades
- 3: Spin
- 4: Contrasts
- 5: Waves
- 6: Storm
- 7: Tracks
- 8: Experiments
- 9: Nino
- 10: Mountains
- 11: Gulf
- 12: Split
- 13: Drivers
- 14: Exit
- 15: Future
- 16: Changes
- 17: Confession
Autoren-Porträt von Tim Woollings
Tim Woollings obtained his PhD in Meteorology in 2005 and since then has worked on a variety of topics spanning weather prediction, atmospheric dynamics and circulation, and the effects of climate change. He has studied how the jet stream varies over weeks, years, and decades, and how we can better predict these changes. He has been a contributing author on three chapters of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. Tim has worked at the University of Reading as a postdoc, research fellow and then lecturer before moving to the University of Oxford in 2013. He is now an Associate Professor in Physical Climate Science, leading a team of researchers in the Atmospheric Dynamics group. He teachers various courses on the fundamentals of geophysical fluid dynamics and atmospheric circulation.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tim Woollings
- 2021, 240 Seiten, 50 Abbildungen, Maße: 13,7 x 21,4 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0192845314
- ISBN-13: 9780192845313
- Erscheinungsdatum: 13.08.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
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