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Oke, T. R., 1979: Boundary Layer Climates. John Wiley and Sons, 372 pp.
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Kauranne, T., 1990: An introduction to parallel processing in meteorology. The Dawn of Massively Parallel Processing in Meteorology, G. R. Hoffman and D. K. Maretis, Eds., Springer-Verlag, 3–20.
| 510 | Mathematics |
| 520 | Astronomy |
| 530 | Physics |
| 550 | Earth sciences |
| 551.46 | Oceanography |
| 551.5 | Meteorology |
| 551.51 | Composition, structure and mechanics of atmosphere |
| 551.55 | Atmospheric disturbances |
| 551.56 | Atmospheric electricity |
| 551.57 | Hydrometeorology / Atmospheric moisture |
| 551.6 | Climatology and weather |
| 570 | Biological sciences |
| 620 | Engineering |
| 630 | Agriculture |
Aerosols 551.5113
Agricultural meteorology 630.2515
Air pollution 628.53
Atmospheric chemistry 551.511
Atmospheric circulation 551.518
Atmospheric convection 551.518
Atmospheric diffusion 551.55
Atmospheric optics 551.565
Atmospheric physics 551.51
Atmospheric radiation 551.527
Atmospheric thermodynamics 551.51
Boundary layer meteorology 551.513
Climate change 551.6 and 363.73874
Clouds 551.5724
Dust 551.5113
Droughts 551.5728
Evaporation 551.572
Fluid dynamics 532.5
Gases 551.5112
Geomagnetism 538.7
Glaciology 551.31
Global warming 551.6 and 363.73874
Greenhouse gases 551.6 and 363.73874
Haloes 551.567
Humidity 551.57
Hurricanes 551.552
Hydrology 551.49
Ice 551.31
Kyoto Protocol 363.73874526
Land-atmosphere interactions 551.523
Lightning 551.5632
Microclimatology 551.592
Numerical weather forecasting 551.634
Ocean-atmosphere interactions 551.5246
Ocean circulation 551.47
Oceanography 551.46
Ozone layer 551.5142
Paleoclimatology 551.60901
Precipitation 551.573
Radar meteorology 551.6353
Radiation 551.527
Rainbows 551.567
Remote sensing 526.982
Satellite meteorology 551.6354
Sky colour 551.566
Snow 551.5784
Solar radiation 551.5271
Space weather 629.416
Stratosphere 551.514
Troposphere 551.513
Turbulence 551.55
Upper atmosphere 551.514
Weather forecasting 551.63
World climatology 551.69
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