Title:
Weather, macroweather, and the climate : our random yet predictable atmosphere / Shaun Lovejoy.
Author:
Lovejoy, S. (Shaun), 1956- author.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Call Number:
QC861.3 .L6845 2019
Abstract:
This book describes in simple terms a new paradigm for understanding the atmosphere, that goes beyond just "weather" and "climate." Veering from the popular expression that "the climate is what you expect, the weather is what you get", this book takes the reader by the hand and explains that there is a third regime-macroweather-in between the weather and climate.
ISBN:
9780190864217
Physical Description:
xvi, 334 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents:
Zooming through scales by the billion -- New worlds versus scaling : from Van Leeuwenhoek to Mandelbrot -- How big is a cloud? -- The weather : nothing but turbulence, and don't mind the gap -- Macroweather, the climate and beyond -- What have we done? -- Macroweather predictions and climate projections -- Glossary.
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