Manual Of Meteorology The Physical Processes Of Weather

Author : Napier Shaw
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330323359
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book Manual of Meteorology, Vol. 4 written by Napier Shaw and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Manual of Meteorology, Vol. 4: Meteorological Calculus; Pressure and Wind (a Revised Edition of Part IV, 1919) The volume now presented is a revised edition of Part IV which was issued in advance in 1919. There are besides two chapters introductory to the theory of motion under balanced forces which had been adopted in Part iv as the basis of the relation between pressure and wind, and two chapters supplementary, summing up the position with regard to the theory of the general circulation of the atmosphere and its local disturbances. Here we need only account for the limitations of the work now ended. Its purpose was to give the reader an idea of the general problem of the meteorology of the globe and of the material and methods which are available for its solution. More narrowly stated the problem is to provide a rational quantitative explanation of the sequence of the phenomena of weather in any locality - its first stage to trace the phenomena to their natural causes and identify the physical and dynamical processes by which the sequence is controlled. In Nature the account which has been given of the physical processes of weather in Vol.III has been called discursive, and with at least equal justice the epithet may be applied to the account of the dynamical processes in this last volume; and there is no reason for resentment on that account. Fifty years ago similar remarks were often made about Maxwell's Theory of Heat, "an extraordinary textbook," the perusal of which may even now be recommended to students of meteorology as a good resolution for every New Year, though neither author nor editor nor publisher (up to1891) had found himself able to make an index to it. Nature is herself very discursive in the demands which she makes upon her various sciences for providing the sequence of our weather. The book does not aspire to be regarded as an abstract even of meteorological literature, still less of dynamical or physical. It adheres as strenuously as circumstances permit to the idea of weather as a manifestation of the transformations of energy taking place in the atmosphere. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.