Call number:
9783030730932 (e-book)
Description / Table of Contents:
This is a textbook for non-atmospheric specialists who work in the coastal zone. Its purpose will be to help coastal environmental, engineering, and planning professionals to understand coastal atmospheric processes. This in turn will allow more effective communication with climate modelers, atmospheric environmental consultants, and members of the media. The coastal environment is among the most intensively used and chronically abused components of the Earth-ocean-atmosphere system. It is also home to an ever-increasing proportion of humanity with their increasing development, trade, transportation, and industrial activities, amid increasing impacts of natural hazards. The atmosphere is an integral part of the system, with all of the above human activities affecting and being affected by atmospheric processes and hazards. Yet few of the specialists studying the coastal environment have expertise on atmospheric processes, this therefore presents a highly relevant textbook on coastal atmospheric processes.
Type of Medium:
12
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 525 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:
9783030730932
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978-3-030-73093-2
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73093-2
Language:
English
Note:
Contents
Part I Introduction to Our Coastal Atmosphere
1 Scope, Uniqueness, and Importance of Our Coastal Atmosphere
2 Atmospheric Composition, Structure, and Evolution
Part II Thermodynamics in Our Coastal Atmosphere
3 Energy Transfer and Electromagnetic Radiation
4 Temperature
5 Application of the Gas Laws in Meteorology
6 The Hydrostatic Equation and Adiabatic Processes
7 Atmospheric Moisture
8 Atmospheric Stability and Potential Temperature
9 Measuring and Estimating Atmospheric Stability
10 Using Thermodynamic Diagrams in Meteorology
11 Clouds
12 Precipitation Processes and Types
Part III Dynamic Processes in Our Coastal Atmosphere
13 Pressure and Winds
14 Coriolis Effect
15 Effect of Friction
16 Centripetal Acceleration and the Gradient Wind
17 Gravitation
18 The Seven Basic Equations in Weather Forecasting Models
19 Comparison of Weather Forecasting Models and General Circulation Models
20 General Circulation of the Atmosphere
Part IV Weather Systems in the Coastal Zone
21 Air Masses
22 Atmospheric Lifting Mechanisms
23 Fronts and the Mid-Latitude Wave Cyclone
24 Thunderstorms
25 Lightning
26 Tornadoes and Waterspouts
27 Advising the Public About the Severe Weather Risk
28 Tropical Cyclones
29 Coastal Flooding
30 Coastal Drought
31 Winter Storms
32 Sea Ice and Weather Systems
33 Summary of Energy Transfer by Atmospheric and Oceanic Motion
Part V Atmospheric Boundary Layers and Air-Sea Interaction
34 Introduction to Near-Surface Atmospheric Dynamics
35 The Logarithmic Wind Profile in Neutral Stability Conditions
36 Non-neutral or Diabatic Wind Profile
37 Introduction to the Transition (or Ekman) Layer
38 The Classical Solution to the Atmospheric Ekman Spiral
39 Fundamentals of Air-Sea Interactions
40 Weather Effects on the Coastal Ocean
41 Wind Stress and Turbulent Flux Drag Coefficients Over Water
Part VI Air-Sea-Land Interaction
42 Surface Fluxes of Energy, Moisture, and Momentum
43 Sea and Land Breezes
44 Coastal Fog
45 Coastal Upwelling and Weather
46 Atmospheric Impacts on Lake Processes
47 Coastal Jets
48 Atmospheric Optical Effects in the Coastal Zone
49 Solar Radiation in Aquatic Systems
Part VII Dispersion and Engineering Applications
50 Meteorology and Climatology of Coastal Cities
51 Atmospheric Dispersion in the Coastal Zone
52 Engineering Aspects of the Wind Profile
Appendices
References
Index
