This book covers a wide area of the atmospheric science, focusing particularly on those physical and dynamical aspects of our environment which tend to create heat sources and sinks in the earth-atmosphere system and which it seeks to balance through circulation at different time and space scales. The processes of heat transfer in the atmosphere and ocean by general circulation and by waves and oscillations are discussed in detail. The heat balance of the atmosphere is considered, after taking into consideration the role of various types of greenhouse gases that may be present. In this context, the publication of the book will be very timely and will be welcomed by all those interested in knowing more about our atmosphere and the way it works, especially with regard tothe contentious issue of global warming by greenhouse gases released by humanactivities on earth. Invaluable book explaining the physics and dynamics of atmospheric science with special reference to the greenhouse effect INDICE: From the contents Part one – Physics of the earth’s atmosphere: 1.The sun and the earth.- 2. The earth’s atmosphere.- 3. Heat and thermodynamics of the atmosphere.- 4. Water vapor in the atmosphere.- 5. Physics of cloud and precipitation.- 6. Physics of radiation – fundamental laws.- 7. The sun andits radiation.- 8. The incoming solar radiation – interaction with the earth’s atmosphere and surface.- 9. Heat balance of the earth’s surface – upward anddownward transfer of heat.- 10. Heat balance of the earth-atmosphere system –heat sources and sinks.- Part two – Dynamics of the earth’s atmosphere – the general circulation: 11. Winds on a rotating earth – the dynamical equations and the conservation laws.- 12. Simplified equations of motion – quasi-balancedwinds.- 13. Circulation, vorticity and divergence.- 14. The boundary layers of the atmosphere and the ocean.- 15. Waves and oscillations in the atmosphere and ocean.
- ISBN: 978-3-540-78426-5
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 515
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés