[AO discussion] ug text recommendation

Jeffrey B Weiss jeffrey.weiss at Colorado.EDU
Thu Dec 13 09:26:38 UTC 2007


Shafer,

Take a look at "Applied Atmospheric Dynamics" by Amanda Lynch and  
John Cassano. It may be at a lower level than you are looking for.

Best wishes,

Jeff
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Jeffrey Weiss
Jeffrey.Weiss at colorado.edu


On Dec 12, 2007, at 9:32 PM, Shafer Smith wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> I'm looking for a recommendation for an undergraduate text on  
> weather/climate.  In particular,
> looking for something one notch (or half notch) lower level than  
> the new book by Marshall and Plumb.
> As calibration, the course on which Marshall and Plumb is based at  
> MIT has a prerequisite of
> multivariate calculus and physics I;  I'm shooting for something  
> appropriate to students who know 1d
> calculus and a little physics.  Ideally the course will employ  
> rotating tank demonstrations.  Any
> comments or recommendations welcome!
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Shafer
>
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>
> Shafer Smith
> Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science
> Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
> New York University
> 212.998.3176
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