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Compendium of Meteorology

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 The Composition of Atmospheric Air
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    Chapter 2 Solar Radiant Energy and its Modification by the Earth and its Atmosphere
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    Chapter 3 Long-Wave Radiation
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    Chapter 4 Actinometric Measurements
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    Chapter 5 General Meteorological Optics
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    Chapter 6 Polarization of Skylight
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    Chapter 7 Visibility in Meteorology
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    Chapter 8 Universal Aspects of Atmospheric Electricity
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    Chapter 9 Ions in the Atmosphere
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    Chapter 10 Precipitation Electricity
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    Chapter 11 The Lightning Discharge
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    Chapter 12 Instruments and Methods for the Measurement of Atmospheric Electricity
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    Chapter 13 Radioactivity of the Atmosphere
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    Chapter 14 On the Physics of Clouds and Precipitation
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    Chapter 15 Nuclei of Atmospheric Condensation
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    Chapter 16 The Physics of Ice Clouds and Mixed Clouds
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    Chapter 17 Thermodynamics of Clouds
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    Chapter 18 The Formation of Ice Crystals
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    Chapter 19 Snow and its Relationship to Experimental Meteorology
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    Chapter 20 Relation of Artificial Cloud-Modification to the Production of Precipitation
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    Chapter 21 General Aspects of Upper Atmospheric Physics
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    Chapter 22 Photochemical Processes in the Upper Atmosphere and Resultant Composition
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    Chapter 23 Ozone in the Atmosphere
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    Chapter 24 Radiative Temperature Changes in the Ozone Layer
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    Chapter 25 Temperatures and Pressures in the Upper Atmosphere
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    Chapter 26 Water Vapour in the Upper Air
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    Chapter 27 Diffusion in the Upper Atmosphere
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    Chapter 28 The Ionosphere
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    Chapter 29 Night-Sky Radiations from the Upper Atmosphere
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    Chapter 30 Aurorae and Magnetic Storms
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    Chapter 31 Meteors as Probes of the Upper Atmosphere
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    Chapter 32 Sound Propagation in the Atmosphere
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    Chapter 33 Solar Energy Variations as a Possible Cause of Anomalous Weather Changes
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    Chapter 34 The Atmospheres of the Other Planets
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    Chapter 35 The Perturbation Equations in Meteorology
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    Chapter 36 The Solution of Nonlinear Meteorological Problems by the Method of Characteristics
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    Chapter 37 Hydrodynamic Instability
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    Chapter 38 Stability Properties of Large-Scale Atmospheric Disturbances
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    Chapter 39 The Quantitative Theory of Cyclone Development
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    Chapter 40 Dynamic Forecasting by Numerical Process
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    Chapter 41 Energy Equations
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    Chapter 42 Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion
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    Chapter 43 Atmospheric Tides and Oscillations
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    Chapter 44 Application of the Thermodynamics of Open Systems to Meteorology
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    Chapter 45 The Physical Basis for the General Circulation
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    Chapter 46 Observational Studies of General Circulation Patterns
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    Chapter 47 Applications of Energy Principles to the General Circulation
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    Chapter 48 Extratropical Cyclones
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    Chapter 49 The Aerology of Extratropical Disturbances
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    Chapter 50 Anticyclones
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    Chapter 51 Mechanism of Pressure Change
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    Chapter 52 Large-Scale Vertical Velocity and Divergence
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    Chapter 53 The Instability Line
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    Chapter 54 Local Winds
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    Chapter 55 Tornadoes and Related Phenomena
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    Chapter 56 Thunderstorms
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    Chapter 57 Cumulus Convection and Entrainment
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    Chapter 58 World Weather Network
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    Chapter 59 Models and Techniques of Synoptic Representation
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    Chapter 60 Meteorological Analysis in the Middle Latitudes
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    Chapter 61 The Forecast Problem
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    Chapter 62 Short-Range Weather Forecasting
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    Chapter 63 A Procedure of Short-Range Weather Forecasting
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    Chapter 64 Objective Weather Forecasting
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    Chapter 65 General Aspects of Extended-Range Forecasting
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    Chapter 66 Extended-Range Weather Forecasting
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    Chapter 67 Extended-Range Forecasting by Weather Types
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    Chapter 68 Verification of Weather Forecasts
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    Chapter 69 Application of Statistical Methods to Weather Forecasting
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    Chapter 70 Tropical Meteorology
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    Chapter 71 Equatorial Meteorology
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    Chapter 72 Tropical Cyclones
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    Chapter 73 Aerology of Tropical Storms
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    Chapter 74 Antarctic Atmospheric Circulation
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    Chapter 75 Arctic Meteorology
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    Chapter 76 Some Climatological Problems of the Arctic and Sub-Arctic
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    Chapter 77 Climate—The Synthesis of Weather
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    Chapter 78 Applied Climatology
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    Chapter 79 Microclimatology
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    Chapter 80 Geological and Historical Aspects of Climatic Change
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    Chapter 81 Climatic Implications of Glacier Research
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    Chapter 82 Tree-Ring Indices of Rainfall, Temperature, and River Flow
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    Chapter 83 Hydrometeorology in the United States
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    Chapter 84 The Hydrologic Cycle and Its Relation to Meteorology—River Forecasting
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    Chapter 85 Large-Scale Aspects of Energy Transformation over the Oceans
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    Chapter 86 Evaporation from the Oceans
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    Chapter 87 Forecasting Ocean Waves
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    Chapter 88 Ocean Waves as a Meteorological Tool
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    Chapter 89 Aerobiology
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    Chapter 90 Physical Aspects of Human Bioclimatology
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    Chapter 91 Some Problems of Atmospheric Chemistry
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    Chapter 92 Atmospheric Pollution
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    Chapter 93 The Classification of Cloud Forms
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    Chapter 94 The Use of Clouds in Forecasting
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    Chapter 95 Fog
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    Chapter 96 Physical and Operational Aspects of Aircraft Icing
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    Chapter 97 Meteorological Aspects of Aircraft Icing
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    Chapter 98 Instruments and Techniques for Meteorological Measurements
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    Chapter 99 Aircraft Meteorological Instruments
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    Chapter 100 Experimental Analogies to Atmospheric Motions
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    Chapter 101 Model Techniques in Meteorological Research
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    Chapter 102 Experimental Cloud Formation
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    Chapter 103 Radar Storm Observation
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    Chapter 104 Theory and Observation of Radar Storm Detection
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    Chapter 105 Meteorological Aspects of Propagation Problems
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    Chapter 106 Sferics
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    Chapter 107 Observations and Theory of Microseisms
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    Chapter 108 Practical Application of Microseisms to Forecasting
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Title
Compendium of Meteorology
Published by
American Meteorological Society, January 1951
DOI 10.1007/978-1-940033-70-9
ISBNs
978-1-940033-70-9
Authors

H. R. Byers, H. E. Landsberg, H. Wexler, B. Haurwitz, A. F. Spilhaus, H. C. Willett, H. G. Houghton, Byers, H. R., Landsberg, H. E., Wexler, H., Haurwitz, B., Spilhaus, A. F., Willett, H. C., Houghton, H. G.

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Thomas F. Malone

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Country Count As %
United States 1 3%
Germany 1 3%
Canada 1 3%
Unknown 36 92%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 10 26%
Professor 5 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 13%
Student > Master 4 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 8%
Other 7 18%
Unknown 5 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Earth and Planetary Sciences 12 31%
Environmental Science 7 18%
Social Sciences 4 10%
Physics and Astronomy 4 10%
Arts and Humanities 3 8%
Other 4 10%
Unknown 5 13%