Call number:
AWI A10-93-0051-1
;
AWI A10-93-0051-2
;
MOP 40335 / Mitte
In:
Developments in atmospheric science
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: Preface. - Acknowledgements. - Various conversions and constants. - List of principal symbols. - Chapter 1. The global picture. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Basic models. - 3. Temperatures, cloud cover and solar constant. - 4. Time constants. - 5. Mean meridional cross-sections. - 6. Cloud and radiation loss. - 7. Radiative cooling rates and global dynamics. - 8. Satellite observations and longitudinal asymmetries. - 9. Global dynamics as a passive variable. - Chapter 2. Terminlogy, basic laws, and standards. - 1. Field quantities. - 2. Absorption, reflection and transmission. - 3. Scattering. - 4. Thermal emission. - 5. Meteorological radiation quantities. - 6. Standards. - Chapter 3. The sun. - 1. Radiant output. - 2. Long-term variations. - 3. Position terminology and formulae. - 4. Zenith angle and air mass. - 5. 24-hour totals of radiation input. - Chapter 4. Radiative Transfer. - 1. Introduction. - 2. The transfer equation. - 3. Mie scatter. - 4. Numerical solutions. - Chapter 5. Solar radiation within the atmosphere. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Ozone absorption. - 3. Water vapour absorption in clear skies. - 4. The effect of cloud. - 5. Rayleigh scatter. - Chapter 6. Radiation at the ground. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Solar direct beam. - 3. Diffuse radiation in clear skies. - 4. Radiation on a tilted surface. - 5. Radiative properties of the surface. - 6. Parameterized components of net radiation at the ground. - 7. Radiation in the ocean. - Chapter 7. Long-wave radiation transfer in the clear atmospere. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Distribution and nature of atmospheric absorption. - 3. The equation of radiative transfer. - 4. The equation of vertical flux density. - 5. Transmittance modelling. - 6. Radiative cooling models for the troposphere and lower stratosphere. - 7. Radiative cooling in the middle atmosphere (30-100 km). - Chapter 8. Clouds and long-wave transfer. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Water droplet and ice crystal infrared parameters. - 3. The absorption approximation. - 4. "Standard" clouds. - 5. Emissivities of clouds. - 6. Effects of clouds on atmospheric cooling. - 7. Comparison of atmospheric cooling in clear skies and in a cloudy atmosphere. - Chapter 9. Atmospheric aerosols. - 1. Introduction. - 2. The extinction of short-wave solar radiation. - 3. Absorption of short-wave radiation. - 4. Atmospheric turbidity. - 5. Extinction of infrared long-wave radiation. - 6. The effect of an increase in atmospheric aerosols on climate. - Chapter 10. Radiation and general dynamics. - 1. The mean temperature profile of the atmosphere. - 2. Radiation in the troposphere. - 3. Radiation within the boundary layer. - 4. Radiation and the meteorology of cloud. - Appendix. - 1. Aerosol size distributions. - 2. Particle growth with humidity. - 3. Aerosol refractive indices. - 4. Cloud droplet size distributions. - References. - Index.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XVII, 318 S. : graph. Darst.
ISBN:
0444414444
Series Statement:
Developments in atmospheric science 5
Location:
MOP - must be ordered
Branch Library:
AWI Library
Branch Library:
AWI Library
Branch Library:
GFZ Library
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