Fundamentals of Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 9, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 593
ISBN-13: 9783540674207
Subjects: Atmospheric regions; Geophysics; Physics; Atmosphere; Science; Science/Mathematics; Chemistry - General; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Climatology; Earth system science; Physics of the atmosphere; Science / Meteorology; environmental sciences; meteorology; Atmospheric physics; Atmospheric chemistry
First sentence: The student who has chosen to study atmospheric physics will be familiar with the method of investigation used in physics: starting from experimental data, theories are formulated to explain them, and the same theories are extremely successful when they predict new effects.
Description: "This book is intended mainly as an introductory course to the physics and chemistry of the atmosphere and to climate dynamics. The basics in thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, radiation and chemistry are given and aimed at explaining the most interesting problems existing in the study of the atmosphere of the Earth and the planets. The originality of the book is that it even offers the computer programs to solve these problems. A particular effort is made to approach the different topics intuitively. Among the themes covered is the most recent evolution concerning the ozone hole, the carbon dioxide problem and the chaos theory."--Jacket.