Atmospheric Science: An Introductory SurveyAtmospheric Science, Second Edition, is the long-awaited update of the classic atmospheric science text, which helped define the field nearly 30 years ago and has served as the cornerstone for most university curricula. Now students and professionals alike can use this updated classic to understand atmospheric phenomena in the context of the latest discoveries, and prepare themselves for more advanced study and real-life problem solving. This latest edition of Atmospheric Science, has been revamped in terms of content and appearance. It contains new chapters on atmospheric chemistry, the Earth system, the atmospheric boundary layer, and climate, as well as enhanced treatment of atmospheric dynamics, radiative transfer, severe storms, and global warming. The authors illustrate concepts with full-color, state-of-the-art imagery and cover a vast amount of new information in the field. Extensive numerical and qualitative exercises help students apply basic physical principles to atmospheric problems. There are also biographical footnotes summarizing the work of key scientists, along with a student companion website that hosts climate data; answers to quantitative exercises; full solutions to selected exercises; skew-T log p chart; related links, appendices; and more. The instructor website features: instructor’s guide; solutions to quantitative exercises; electronic figures from the book; plus supplementary images for use in classroom presentations. Meteorology students at both advanced undergraduate and graduate levels will find this book extremely useful.
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... Absorption by Particles 6.1 Nucleation of Water Vapor Condensation 6.1.1 Theory 4.4.3 Absorption and Emission by 6.1.2 Cloud Condensation Nuclei Gas Molecules 6.2 Microstructures of Warm Clouds 4.5 Radiative Transfer in Planetary 6.3 ...
... absorption and ree- mission of outgoing radiation are due to air mole- cules, but cloud droplets also play a ... absorbed. The backscattering of radia- tion by clouds and aerosols has a cooling effect on climate at the Earth's surface ...
... absorption of solar radiation in the ultraviolet region of the spectrum by this stratospheric ozone layer is critical to the habitability of the Earth. Heating due to the absorption of ultraviolet radia- tion by ozone molecules is ...
... absorbed within the topmost hundred meters . Within this shallow euphotic zone , 4 life abounds wherever there are sufficient nutrients , such as phosphorous and iron , to sustain it . In regions of the ocean where the marine biosphere ...
... absorbed solar radiation that would otherwise contribute to heating the land surface is used instead to evaporate liquid water extracted from the soil by the roots of the plants. In this manner, the solar energy is transferred to the ...
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Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey John M. Wallace,John Michael Wallace,Peter Victor Hobbs No preview available - 1977 |
Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey John M. Wallace,John Michael Wallace,Peter Victor Hobbs No preview available - 1977 |