Radiation and Climate
Atmospheric energy budget from satellite remote sensing
Seiten
2011
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-969714-4 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-969714-4 (ISBN)
This new book describes the basic physics of solar and infrared radiation in the atmosphere. Radiation theory is related to the development of climate prediction models, and to measurement techniques for monitoring the Earth's energy budget and making remote sensing observations from satellites.
Radiation theory and measurements are at the core of the climate change debate. This new book describes in detail the basic physics used in the radiative transfer codes that are a key part of climate prediction models. The basic principles are extended to the atmospheres of the Earth and the other planets, illustrating the greenhouse effect and other radiation-based phenomena at work. Several chapters deal with the techniques and measurements for monitoring the Earth's radiation budget and thus tracking global change and its effects. Remote sensing instruments on satellites and the theory of remote sensing are also covered. The book is the first comprehensive new publication on atmospheric radiation in more than a decade, and the first to link the theoretical and experimental aspects of the subject to the contemporary climate problem.
Radiation theory and measurements are at the core of the climate change debate. This new book describes in detail the basic physics used in the radiative transfer codes that are a key part of climate prediction models. The basic principles are extended to the atmospheres of the Earth and the other planets, illustrating the greenhouse effect and other radiation-based phenomena at work. Several chapters deal with the techniques and measurements for monitoring the Earth's radiation budget and thus tracking global change and its effects. Remote sensing instruments on satellites and the theory of remote sensing are also covered. The book is the first comprehensive new publication on atmospheric radiation in more than a decade, and the first to link the theoretical and experimental aspects of the subject to the contemporary climate problem.
Professor Ilias M. Vardavas works in for the department of physics at the University of Crete. Professor Frederic W. Taylor is the Halley Professor of Physics in the Atmospheric Oceanic and Planetary Physics department at the University of Oxford.
1. The Climate System ; 2. Atmospheric Physics and Thermodynamics ; 3. Radiation Transfer Theory ; 4. Thermal Infrared Transfer in the Atmosphere ; 5. Incoming Solar Radiation ; 6. Solar Radiation Transfer in the Atmosphere ; 7. Atmospheric Photochemistry ; 8. The Earth's Radiation Budget ; 9. Theory of Radiation Measurements ; 10. Climate Observations by Radiometry and Spectrometry ; 11. Climate Modelling ; 12. Planetary Evolution and Comparative Climatology
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.10.2011 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | International Series of Monographs on Physics ; 138 |
| Zusatzinfo | 194 b/w line drawings, 17 b/w halftones |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 878 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik | |
| Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-969714-0 / 0199697140 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-969714-4 / 9780199697144 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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