Product Description

Offers a concise description of atmospheric layers sensitively pitched for the non-meteorological specialist in a variety of disciplines: in geography, agriculture, forestry, ecology, engineering, environment and planning.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #246605 in Books
• Published on: 1987-12-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 464 pages

Review
"Undoubtedly destined to become a classic. The treatment is sensitively pitched at a level for the non-meteorological specialist in a variety of disciplines in geography, agriculture, forestry, ecology, engineering and planning."
-"World Meteorological Organization Bulletin
"This well established climatology text explains the climates formed near the ground in terms of the cycling of energy and mass through systems . . . In this second edition, Professor Oke provides a fuller description of the atmospheric layers and gives more emphasis to the whole planetary boundary layer. There are nearly 50 new figures and new material on radiation geometry, the nature of thermals and convective cloud, leaf-air exchange, evapotranspiration from crops and forests, effects of topography on air flow, and the energy balance of cities."
-"Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts

From the Back Cover
This modern climatology textbook explains those climates formed near the ground in terms of the cycling of energy and mass through systems.

Customer Reviews

Very good overall text for the subject
Boundary layer climates will be most usful to students studying the atmosphere in the context of atmospheric stability, flux, tranport and air pollution. It is particularly good at explaining the maths and physics of the processes in an easy to understand manner, with excellent use of diagrams. For students who find the maths and physics equations difficult to get their head around, I think this book will be very useful,it also helps to get an idea of the concepts behind the equations.