Call number:
AWI A5-96-0587
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
467 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
0127329501
URL:
http://scans.hebis.de/09/98/74/09987483_toc.pdf
Language:
English
Note:
Contents
Preface
Units and Numerical Values
Chapter 1 A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE ATMOSPHERE
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Origin and Composition of the Atmosphere
1.3 The Distribution of Atmospheric Mass and Gaseous Constituents
1.4 Charged Particles in the Atmosphere
1.5 The Temperature Distribution
1.6 Winds in the Earth's Atmosphere
1.7 Precipitation
Problems
Chapter 2 ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS
2.1 The Gas Laws
2.2 The Hydrostatic Equation and Its Applications
2.3 The First Law of Thermodynamics
2.4 Latent Heats
2.5 Adiabatic Processes
2.6 Water Vapor in the Air
2.7 The Concept of Static Stability
2.8 The Second Law of Thermodynamics and Entropy
2.9 Thermodynamic Functions and Equilibrium Conditions
Problems
Chapter 3 EXTRATROPICAL SYNOPTIC-SCALE DISTURBANCES
3.1 The 500-mb Flow
3.2 Surface Weather Elements
3.3 Interpretation of Synoptic Surface Reports
3.4 Upper Level Structure
3.5 Thickness and Its Relationship to Vertical Structure
Problems
Chapter 4 ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL AND CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PROCESSES
4.1 Atmospheric Aerosol
4.2 Nucleation of Water Vapor Condensation
4.3 The Microstructure of Warm Clouds
4.4 Growth of Cloud Droplets in Warm Clouds
4.5 The Microphysics of Cold Clouds
4.6 Thunderstorms
Problems
Chapter 5 CLOUDS AND STORMS
5.1 Cloud Morphology
5.2 The Air-Mass Thunderstorm
5.3 Severe Storms
5.4 Hurricanes
5.5 Extratropical Cyclonic Storms
5.6 Artificial Modification of Clouds and Precipitation
Problems
Chapter 6 RADIATIVE TRANSFER
6.1 The Spectrum of Radiation
6.2 Absorption and Emission of Radiation by Molecules
6.3 Quantitative Description of Radiation
6.4 Blackbody Radiation
6.5 Absorptivity and Emissivity
6.6 Atmospheric Absorption of Solar Radiation
6.7 Atmospheric Absorption and Emission of lnfrared Radiation
6.8 Scattering of Solar Radiation
6.9 The Role of Radiative Transfer in the Global Energy Balance
Problems
Chapter 7 THE GLOBAL ENERGY BALANCE
7.1 The Globally Averaged Atmospheric Energy Balance
7.2 The Energy Balance of the Upper Atmosphere
7.3 The Tropospheric Energy Balance
7.4 The Energy Balance at the Earth's Surface
7.5 Time Variations in the Energy Balance
Problems
Chapter 8 ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS
8.1 Coordinate Systems
8.2 Apparent Forces in a Rotating Coordinate System
8.3 Real Forces
8.4 The Horizontal Equation of Motion
8.5 The Vertical Equation of Motion
8.6 The Thermal Wind
8.7 The Thermodynamic Energy Equation
8.8 The Continuity Equation
8.9 The Primitive Equations
Problems
Chapter 9 THE GENERAL CIR CU LA TION
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Thermally Driven Circulations in the Absence of Rotation
9.3 The Influence of Planetary Rotation upon Thermally Driven Circulations
9.4 Thermally Driven Circulations in the Tropics
9.5 Baroclinic Disturbances
9.6 The Dissipation of Kinetic Energy
9.7 The Kinetic Energy Cycle
9.8 The Role of the Atmospheric General Circulation in the Hydrologic Cycle
9.9 The Atmospheric Transport of Energy
9.10 The Atmosphere as a Heat Engine
Problems
Index
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