Publisher's Synopsis
This treatment of the physics and mechanics of the atmosphere on the mesoscale (2 km to 5000 km) is based on satellite information and reflects a rapidly-growing branch of meteorology. It is particularly important in the conversion of forecasts based on computer models into the realities of the weather we experience.;The text concentrates on examples taken from the North Atlantic, Europe, the Mediterranean and the adjacent Arctic quadrant, using the polar orbiting (sun-synchronous) satellites which provide exceptional detail, particularly in high latitudes. There is a complementary study of the Western Pacific and the surroundings of Japan, where typhoons are a phenomenon of major influence, which is based on the Japanese geostationary satellite. This study includes images of Australia, China, New Zealand, and North East Asia. The flow patterns revealed will be of value to a wide variety of researchers and practitioners in geological physics.
