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Atmospheric Convection by David J. Raymond

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Atmospheric Convection
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Publisher: New Mexico Tech
Number of pages: 224

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A graduate course in the physics of atmospheric convection: Governing equations of fluid dynamics; Convection and turbulence; Thermodynamics of moist convection; Simple models of convection; Microphysics of convection; Convection and the environment.

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