Call number:
MOP 44317 / Mitte
In:
Developments in atmospheric science, 6
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
113 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
0444414894
Series Statement:
Developments in atmospheric science 6
Language:
English
Note:
Contents
Preface
CHAPTER 1. AIR TEMPERATURE AND SENSIBLE HEAT TRANSFER
1.1. Methods of temperature measurement
1.2. Sources of error in temperature measurement
1.3. Sensor thermal inertia
Experiment I. Thermal inertia of a thermometer
Experiment II. Measurement of the heat transfer coefficient for a plane surface
1.4. The effect of radiation on temperature sensors
Experiment III. Effect of radiation on shielded thermometers
1.5. Electrical resistance thermometers
Experiment IV. The dissipation of heat from a resistance thermometer
1.6, A ventilated shield for resistance thermometers
CHAPTER 2. SOLAR AND TERRESTRIAL RADIATION
2.1. Specific intensity and radiant flux density
2.2. Radiation scales
2.3. The fluxes of solar and terrestrial radiation
Experiment V. The measurement of radiation by a thermometric method
2.4. Radiation instruments
Experiment VI. Calibration of a pyranometer against a pyrheliometer
2.5. Lambert's or the Cosine Law
Experiment VII. Cosine response of a radiometer
2.6. Direct beam and diffuse calibrations for a radiometer
Experiment VIII. Dependence of albedo on solar elevation
2. 7. Radiation measurements over finite plane surfaces
Experiment IX. Measurement of the albedo over finite surfaces
Experiment X. The measurement of long- and short-wave radiation fluxes
Experiment XI. A basic pyrheliometer
2.8. The extra-terrestrial solar flux
Experiment XII. Determination of the solar constant
CHAPTER 3. AIR AND WATER VAPOUR PRESSURE
3.1. Atmospheric pressure
3.2. Liquid column barometers
Experiment XIII. A short water barometer
3.3. Aneroid barometers
Experiment XIV. The isothermal atmosphere
3.4. Atmospheric humidity
3.5. Parameters specifying humidity
3.6. The mEasurement of humidity
Experiment XV. Observation of the dew point
Experiment XVI. The hair hygrometer
3.7. Ory- and wet-bulb thermometry and the psychrometer
Experiment XVII. The ventilated wet-bulb thermometer
Experiment XVIII. Measurement of the Bowen ratio
CHAPTER 4. WIND VELOCITY AND TURBULENT TRANSFER
4.1. Methods of wind speed measurement
Experiment XIX. The comparison of anemometers
4.2. The wind velocity profile in the atmospheric boundary layer
Experiment XX. Observation of the mean wind profile
Experiment XXI. The effect of obstructions on the wind profile
Experiment XXII. Determination of momentum transfer by the eddy correlation method
4.3. The scale of turbulence
Experiment XXIII. The time scale of turbulent fluctuations
4.4. Turbulent transfer
Experiment XXIV. Turbulent transfer of heat and water vapour
CHAPTER 5. GROUND TEMPERATURE AND HEAT CONDUCTION
5.1. Methods of ground temperature measurement
5.2. Thermo-electric effects
5.3. The theory of ground heat conduction
Experiment XXV. Determination of thermal diffusivity from temperature profile observation
Experiment XXVI. Diurnal temperature and heat flux waves in the ground
5.4. Heat flux meters
5.5. Thermopiles
Experiment XXVII. Calibration of a heat flux meter
Experiment XXVIII. Comparison of temperature and heat flux waves
CHAPTER 6. ELECTRICAL ANALOGUE MODELLING OF THERMAL PROCESSES
6.1. Steady state heat conduction
6.2. The performance of a heat flux meter
Experiment XXIX. Analysis of the steady state response of a heat flux meter - using conducting paper
6.3. Thermal diffusion
Experiment XXX. Modelling of temperature waves in the ground
6.4. Simulation of latent heat processes
Experiment XXXI. The growth of ice floating on water
6.5. Sensible heat transfer in the atmospheric boundary layer
6.6. Long-wave radiation transfer simulation
Experiment XXXII. A micro-meteorological model
REFERENCES
INDEX
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