Hsu S.A. Coastal Meteorology

Academic Press, 2013. — 260 p. — ISBN: 9780080502151; 9780123579553Coastal meteorology is an integral part of the total system approach to understanding coastal environments. This book provides information for students who are not necessarily majoring in meteorology or atmospheric sciences but who nonetheless have need of such knowledge. Scientists, engineers, and coastal planners will also find this book a useful resource for familiarizing themselves with meteorological information. Meteorologists, marine and coastal engineers, coastal environmental scientists, physical oceanographers, and graduate-level students in these fields.Radiation
Atmospheric Thermodynamics
Atmospheric Dynamics
Synoptic Meteorology and Weather at Sea
Atmospheric Boundary Layers and Air-Sea Interaction
Air-Sea-Land Interaction
Engineering Meteorology
Units, Constants, and Conversions
The Beaufort Wind Scale
The Saffir/Simpson Damage-Potential Scale
Decomposition of the Vector Wind into U and V Components
List of Symbols for Surface Analysis.