TY - BOOK AU - Houghton, John TI - Physics of atmospheres SN - 0521011221 PY - 2002/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Atmospheric Physics KW - Meteorology KW - Astronomy N1 - Appendix 1-10, 275-298p; Bibliographical references 301-306p N2 - In the third edition of The Physics of Atmospheres, John Houghton has revised his acclaimed textbook to bring it completely up-to-date. The book provides a comprehensive concise description of the physical processes governing the structure and the circulation of the atmosphere. New chapters have been introduced on topics of strong contemporary interest such as chaos and predictability and climate change. The chapters on global observations (especially through remote sensing) and numerical modeling have also been substantially extended ER -