Call number:
AWI A7-20-93527
In:
Cambridge atmospheric and space science series
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XVIII, 316 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
Transferred to digital printing
ISBN:
0521380529
,
0521467454
Series Statement:
Cambridge atmospheric and space science series
URL:
http://scans.hebis.de/03/54/86/03548606_toc.pdf
Language:
English
Note:
Contents
Preface
Symbols
Abbreviations
1 The atmospheric boundary layer
1.1 Introduction
1.2 History
1.3 Observing the ABL
1.4 ABL modelling
1.5 Applications
1.6 Scope of the book
1.7 Nomenclature and some definitions
Notes and bibliography
2 Basic equations for mean and fluctuating quantities
2.1 Turbulence and flow description
2.2 Governing equations for mean and fluctuating quantities
2.3 The simplified mean equations
2.4 The turbulence closure problem
2.5 The second-moment equations
2.6 Turbulent kinetic energy and stability parameters
Notes and bibliography
3 Scaling laws for mean and turbulent quantities
3.1 The wind profile: simple considerations
3.2 Wind profile laws: the neutral case
3.3 Monin-Obukhov similarity theory: the non-neutral surface layer
3.4 Generalized ABL similarity theory
3.5 Similarity theory and turbulence statistics
Notes and bibliography
4 Surface roughness and local advection
4.1 Aerodynamic characteristics of the land
4.2 Scalar roughness lengths
4.3 The vegetation canopy
4.4 Flow over the sea
4.5 Local advection and the internal boundary layer
Notes and bibliography
5 Energy fluxes at the land surface
5.1 Surface energy balance and soil heat flux
5.2 Radiation fluxes
5.3 Evaporation
5.4 Condensation
Notes and bibliography
6 The thermally stratified atmospheric boundary layer
6.1 The convective boundary layer
6.2 The stable (nocturnal) boundary layer
6.3 The marine atmospheric boundary layer
6.4 Mesoscale flow and IBL growth
Notes and bibliography
7 The cloud-topped boundary layer
7.1 General properties of the CTBL
7.2 Observations
7.3 Radiation fluxes and cloud-top radiative cooling
7.4 Entrainment and entrainment instability
7.5 Numerical modelling of the CTBL
Notes and bibliography
8 Atmospheric boundary-layer modelling and parameterization schemes
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Surface temperature
8.3 Surface humidity (soil moisture)
8.4 Canopy parameterization
8.5 Surface fluxes
8.6 Rate equation for ABL depth
8.7 Turbulence closure schemes
8.8 ABL cloud parameterization
Notes and bibliography
9 The atmospheric boundary layer, climate and climate modelling
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Sensitivity of climate to the ABL and to land surface
9.3 Research priorities
Notes and bibliography
Appendices
References
Index
Location:
AWI Reading room
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