Advances in Geophysics, Vol. 41 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0120188414 ISBN 13: 9780120188413

Publisher: Academic Press, 1999

Synopsis

This series provides a venue for longer reviews of current advances in geophysics. Written at a level accessible to graduate students, the articles serve to broaden knowledge of various fields and may be useful in courses and seminars.

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About the Authors

Renata Dmowska works in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Barry Saltzman, 1932-2001, was professor of geology and geophysics at Yale University and a pioneer in the theory of weather and climate, in which he made several profound and lasting contributions to knowledge of the atmosphere and climate. Saltzman developed a series of models and theories of how ice sheets, atmospheric winds, ocean currents, carbon dioxide concentration, and other factors work together, causing the climate to oscillate in a 100,000-year cycle. For this and other scientific contributions, he received the 1998 Carl Gustaf Rossby Research Medal, the highest award from the American Meteorological Society. Saltzman was a fellow of the American Meteorological Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an honorary member of the Academy of Science of Lisbon. His work in 1962 on thermal convection led to the discovery of chaos theory and the famous "Saltzman-Lorenz attractor."

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0120188414
• ISBN 13: 9780120188413
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 239
• Editor: Dmowska Renata, Saltzman Barry