UID:
almahu_9948025513002882
Format:
1 online resource (331 p.)
ISBN:
1-282-28959-4
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9786612289590
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0-08-095982-2
Series Statement:
International geophysics series ; v. 42
Content:
This up-to-date textbook is highly recommended for introductory courses offered at undergraduate and graduate levels. Coverage begins with basic fluid and thermodynamical laws and concepts, then moves on to cover such major topics as momentum and heat exchanges with homogeneous surfaces, nonhomogeneous boundary layers, fundamentals of turbulence, and more. This book introduces the reader to theoretical concepts and quantitative relations through qualitative descriptions based upon observations.
Note:
Includes index.
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Front Cover; Introduction to Micrometeorology; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Symbols; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Scope of Micrometeorology; 1.2 Micrometeorology versus Microclimatology; 1.3 Importance and Applications of Micrometeorology; Problems and Exercises; Chapter 2. Energy Budget near the Surface; 2.1 Energy Fluxes at an Ideal Surface; 2.2 Energy Balance Equations; 2.3 Some Examples of Energy Budget; 2.4 Applications; Problems and Exercises; Chapter 3. Radiation Balance near the Surface; 3.1 Radiation Laws and Definitions; 3.2 Shortwave Radiation; 3.3 Longwave Radiation
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3.4 Radiation Balance near the Surface3.5 Radiative Flux Divergence; 3.6 Applications; Problems and Exercises; Chapter 4. Soil Temperatures and Heat Transfer; 4.1 Surface Temperature; 4.2 Subsurface Temperatures; 4.3 Thermal Properties of Soils; 4.4 Theory of Soil Heat Transfer; 4.5 Applications; Problems and Exercises; Chapter 5. Air Temperature and Humidity in the PBL; 5.1 Factors Influencing Air Temperature and Humidity; 5.2 Basic Thermodynamic Relations and Definitions; 5.3 Static Stability; 5.4 Mixed Layers and Inversions; 5.5 Vertical Temperature and Humidity Profiles
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5.6 Diurnal Variations5.7 Applications; Problems and Exercises; Chapter 6. Wind Distribution in the PBL; 6.1 Factors Influencing Wind Distribution; 6.2 Geostrophic and Thermal Winds; 6.3 The Effects of Friction; 6.4 The Effects of Stability; 6.5 Observed Wind Profiles; 6.6 Diurnal Variations; 6.7 Applications; Problems and Exercises; Chapter 7. An Introduction to Viscous Flows; 7.1 Inviscid and Viscous Flows; 7.2 Laminar and Turbulent Flows; 7.3 Equations of Motion; 7.4 Plane-Parallel Flows; 7.5 Ekman Layers; 7.6 Developing Boundary Layers; 7.7 Heat Transfer in Fluids; 7.8 Applications
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Problems and ExercisesChapter 8. Fundamentals of Turbulence; 8.1 Instability of Flow and Transition to Turbulence; 8.2 The Generation and Maintenance of Turbulence; 8.3 General Characteristics of Turbulence; 8.4 Mean and Fluctuating Variables; 8.5 Variances and Turbulent Fluxes; 8.6 Eddies and Scales of Motion; 8.7 Applications; Problems and Exercises; Chapter 9. Semiempirical Theories of Turbulence; 9.1 Mathematical Description of Turbulent Flows; 9.2 Gradient-Transport Theories; 9.3 Dimensional Analysis and Similarity Theories; 9.4 Applications; Problems and Exercises
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Chapter 10. Neutral Boundary Layers10.1 Velocity-Profile Laws; 10.2 Surface Roughness Parameters; 10.3 Surface Stress and Drag Coefficient; 10.4 Turbulence; 10.5 Applications; Problems and Exercises; Chapter 11. Momentum and Heat Exchanges with Homogeneous Surfaces; 11.1 The Monin-Obukhov Similarity Theory; 11.2 Empirical Forms of Similarity Functions; 11.3 Wind and Temperature Profiles; 11.4 Drag and Heat Transfer Coefficients; 11.5 Methods of Determining Momentum and Heat Fluxes; 11.6 Applications; Problems and Exercises; Chapter 12. Evaporation from Homogeneous Surfaces
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12.1 The Process of Evaporation
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-064490-8
Language:
English
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