Physics of radiation and climate. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael A. Box and Gail P. Box.
• Authors: Box, Michael A; Box, Gail P
• Contents: Our Planet and Its Physical Environment; Atmospheric Energy Fluxes; Weather and Climate; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Climate System; Path Ahead; ; Atmospheric Thermodynamics; Thermal Properties of Gases; Hydrostatic Equilibrium; Dry Thermodynamics; Water Vapor in the Atmosphere; Second Law of Thermodynamics; Saturation; Thermodynamic Diagrams; Synopsis; Exercises; ; Cloud Physics; Atmospheric Stability; Cloud Formation and Classification; Cloud Droplet Formation; Cloud Droplet Growth; Precipitation; Atmospheric Electricity; Synopsis; Exercises; ; Atmospheric Chemistry; Composition and Chemistry of Atmosphere; Atmospheric Pollution; Ocean Chemistry; Stable and Unstable Isotopes; Biogeochemical Cycles; Monitoring and Modeling; Lessons from the History of Our Atmosphere Synopsis; Exercises; ; Aerosols; Aerosols: Types and Classification; Aerosols in the Atmosphere; Aerosol Effects; Investigating Aerosols; Synopsis; Exercises; ; Circulation of Atmosphere and Oceans; Forces on Fluids; Atmospheric Energy Distribution; Atmospheric Circulation; Ocean Circulation; El Niño Southern Oscillation; Other Modes of Variability; Synopsis; Exercises; ; Fluid Dynamics; Fluid Kinematics; Fluid Mechanics; Prognostic Equations; Applications; Boundary Layer; Ocean Fluid Mechanics; Synopsis; Exercises; ; Radiative Interactions; Formulation; Thermal Radiation; Radiation and Matter; Radiative Transfer; Synopsis; Exercises; ; Absorption and Emission of Radiation; Electromagnetic Radiation; Classical Absorption and Emission; Quantum Mechanical Transition Probabilities; Molecular Structure; Molecular Spectroscopy; Infrared Spectroscopy of Atmospheric Gases; Synopsis; Exercises; ; Scattering of Radiation; Scattering Formalism; Small Particle Scattering; Mie Scattering; Scattering by Nonspherical Scatterers; Optical Properties of Aerosols and Clouds; Properties of the Dielectric Constant; Synopsis; Exercises; ; Multiple Scattering; Formalism; Fourier Decomposition; Limiting Cases; Two-Stream Methods; Discrete Ordinates Method; Principles of Invariance; Selection of Other Methods; Radiative Perturbation Theory; Synopsis; Exercises; ; Solar Radiation and Its Atmospheric Interactions; Solar Radiation and Its Variations; Absorption of Solar Radiation; Ozone Layer; Ozone Hole; Scattering of Solar Radiation; Synopsis; Exercises; ; Thermal Radiation Transfer; Grey Atmosphere Models; Transmittance; Band Models; k -Distribution Method; Broadband Approaches; Radiative–Convective Modeling; Radiative Model; Convective Adjustment; Synopsis; Exercises; ; Remote Sensing; Passive Sensing via Extinction; Passive Sensing via Scattering; Passive Sensing via Emission; Active Remote Sensing; Meteorological Data Acquisition; Environmental Remote Sensing: Selected Historical Missions; Environmental Remote Sensing: Current Missions; Synopsis; Exercise; ; Inversion Methods for Indirect Measurements; Linear Systems; Matrix Algebra: A Review; Linear Inversion Problems; Regularization; Singular Function Theory; Information Content; Retrieving Temperature Profiles; Model Fitting; Component Retrieval Using Perturbation Theory; Theory ; Synopsis; Exercise; ; Disequilibria in the Climate System; Greenhouse Effect Revisited; Recent Changes in Greenhouse Gas Concentrations; Concentrations; Radiative Forcing by Gaseous Absorption; Direct Radiative Forcing by Aerosols Aerosol Effects on Clouds; Other Forcings; Summary of Forcings; Feedbacks; Sensitivity and Response; Synopsis; Exercises; ; Climate Modeling; Energy Balance Climate Models Ocean Box Models General Circulation Models Climate Models Twentieth Century Climate Climate Projection Synopsis Exercises Supplementary Topics Studies of Past Climates Geoengineering Nuclear Winter Planetary Cousins Environmental Trade-Offs Exercises;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 551.6; Climatology; Atmospheric chemistry; Radiation; Climatic changes; Global warming
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466572065; 9781498742573
• Related ISBNs: 9781466572058
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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