A First Course in Atmospheric Thermodynamics

Good, arrived on time

I should make it clear that I am not a student of meteorology, and did not purchase this book in connexion with a college course. My motive to purchase was simply an interest in learning something about the forces driving the movement of air and water in the atmosphere. So my comments are aimed at those like myself with a non-course related interest.Thanks to the simplicity (in component terms) of the system under study, atmospheric thermodynamics turns out to be a relatively uncomplicated subject, at least at the level presented in this book. Assuming one has had prior encounters with the basics of physical science and one's math is not too rusty, it's fairly straightforward to read.The eight chapters in the book interweave the respective 'atmospheric' and 'thermodynamics' subjects in a sensible sequence that builds up into a complete picture of this very practical science.Overall, I found the subject quite engrossing and learned a good deal from this reasonably-priced book. The only downside was the number of symbols used in the text, many of which will be unfamiliar to non-meteorologists. I found myself constantly having to refer to the appendix where the 'common' symbols are listed - all 102 of them!

I bought this just to expand my knowledge of the subject. Well written and easy to understand. I will definitely buy more from this author.

I purchased this book as a mandatory text book for a thermodynamics course I was taking at university. It arrived quickly so I was pleased to have it for the start of class! It is a wonderful text, very well formatted and easy to read, everything is well explained and it is a good insight into thermodynamics for meteorology and possibly other applications. I believe I have read almost the whole book and utilised most of it to great effect, as it contains very detailed diagrams and good example applications and problems. Very glad I purchased my own copy, I can see it becoming invaluable in the years to come!

While the book is very straightforward, which I appreciate, it does not give any example problems! If you are struggling to conceptually follow what is happening in the text or the math, the practice problems it gives you are incredibly difficult. And you can't look at any example problems to frame it for you. My teacher literally is teaching straight from the book and doesn't do any examples either so I'm usually totally lost, as are my classmates.

It looks very well on the introductory shelf on environment sciences. I am still going on it.

I bought this book for a meteorology class and I have continued to use it since. Amazingly written.

Without this book there's no way I could have ever succeeded in my college course, since my bookstore didn't have it! It's a great book for regular and atmospheric thermodynamics

Este libro es perfecto para introducir al estudiante de meteorología en la termodinámica.Me encanta!!!