Atmospheric Temperature Profiles of the Northern Hemisphere

A Compendium of Data

Young Yee, Kueyson Y. Yee, Erik Y. Yee (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

314 Seiten

2016 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2012
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-017-7877-0 (ISBN)

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For more than three decades, the US Standard Atmosphere has been used by researchers and professionals in many areas of aeronautics and atmospheric sciences. It is an idealized, all season average temperature profile of the earth's atmosphere. But today's modern day and sophisticated global applications require more extensive representations of the mean temperature profile. This book is a global augmentation of the climatological tropospheric temperature profiles in the Northern Hemisphere for different latitude belts and seasons. There are 72 mean temperature profile tables from the surface up to 10 kilometers in height that represent the four seasons for different latitudinal belts (5° N, 10° N , 15° N, 20° N, 25° N, 30° N, 35° N, 40° N, 45° N, 50° N, 55° N, 60° N, 65° N, 70° N, 75° N, 80° N, 85°N). The model is based on a neural network algorithm that uses archived radiosonde data, retrieved temperature profiles from remote sensors, and the solar insolation at the top of the earth's atmosphere. It is the most comprehensive book of mean seasonal tropospheric temperature profiles to date. It will be an indispensible reference to the aeronautic and meteorological industries worldwide as well as an easy-to-use guide for climatologists, meteorologists, aeronautic engineers, researchers and aviators.

Young Yee, chief climatologist for Mkey Technologies, has more than 25 years of extensive experience involving atmospheric temperature profile measurements and remote sensing temperature retrievals. He was a senior research meteorologist and project leader for the atmospheric science division of the Army Research Laboratory from 1981 to 2006.

Background.- Radiosonde measurements.- Remote Sensing Temperature Retrievals.- Rocketsondes.- Atmospheric Models.- Basic Assumptions and Formulas.- Primary Constants.- Perfect Gas Law.- Molecular-scale Temperature.- Hydrostatic Equation.- Geopotential.- Pressure.- Thermal Wind Equation.- Derived Quantities.- Speed of Sound.- Coefficient of Viscosity.- Coefficient of Thermal Conductivity.- Atmospheric models.- Introduction.- Construction of atmospheric profiles for altitudes below 10 kilometers.- Latitudinal and seasonal variation.- Temperature.- Density and pressure.- Supporting data.

Endorsement:"Atmospheric Temperature Profiles of the Northern Hemisphere" provides significant refinement of the existing US Standard Atmosphere. Using state-of-the-art neural network data processing techniques, the authors have derived from extensive archival databases, seasonal sets of profiles in five-degree latitude increments for the northern latitudes. No longer is it necessary to use a "one size fits all" profile. The profiles contained in the book provide far greater modeling fidelity while being nearly as easy to use as the US Standard Atmosphere. This book should be the reference work of choice for anyone who requires detailed knowledge of the northern atmosphere but does not need spatial and temporal coincidence with a specific location.Dr. Bill Gutman (Technical Director, Spaceport America)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.8.2016
Reihe/Serie	Springer Atmospheric Sciences
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 314 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
Schlagworte	Atmospheric temperatures • climatology • Standard Atmospheres • temperature profiles • Tropospheric Temperatures
ISBN-10	94-017-7877-9 / 9401778779
ISBN-13	978-94-017-7877-0 / 9789401778770
Zustand	Neuware