An Introduction to Atmospheric Thermodynamics

Anastasios Tsonis (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

198 Seiten

2007 | 2nd Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-69628-9 (ISBN)

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This is a self-contained, concise, rigorous book introducing the reader to the basics of atmospheric thermodynamics. This new edition has been brought completely up to date and reorganized and is an ideal text for short undergraduate courses taken as part of an atmospheric science, meteorology, physics or natural science program.

This is a self-contained, concise, rigorous book introducing the reader to the basics of atmospheric thermodynamics. This new edition has been brought completely up to date and reorganized to improve the quality and flow of the material. The introductory chapters provide definitions and useful mathematical and physical notes to help readers understand the basics. The book then describes the topics relevant to atmospheric processes, including the properties of moist air and atmospheric stability. It concludes with a brief introduction to the problem of weather forecasting and the relevance of thermodynamics. Each chapter contains worked examples and student exercises, with solutions available to instructors on a password protected website at www.cambridge.org/9780521796767. The author has taught atmospheric thermodynamics for over 20 years and is a highly respected researcher. This book is an ideal text for short undergraduate courses taken as part of an atmospheric science, meteorology, physics or natural science program.

ANASTASIOS TSONIS is a professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. His main research interests include nonlinear dynamical systems and their application in climate, climate variability, predictability, and nonlinear time series analysis. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union, and the European Geosciences Union.

Preface; 1. Basic definitions; 2. Some useful mathematical and physical topics; 3. Early experiments and laws; 4. The first law of thermodynamics; 5. The second law of thermodynamics; 6. Water and its transformations; 7. Moist air; 8. Vertical stability in the atmosphere; 9. Thermodynamic diagrams; 10. Beyond this book; References; Appendix; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.8.2007
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises; 22 Halftones, unspecified; 23 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 244 mm
Gewicht	404 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
ISBN-10	0-521-69628-3 / 0521696283
ISBN-13	978-0-521-69628-9 / 9780521696289
Zustand	Neuware