Atmospheric temperature profiles of the Northern Hemisphere
Subtitle: a compendium of data
By: Young P. Yee, Kueyson Y. Yee, Erik Y. Yee
Contributors: Yee, Kueyson Y.; Yee, Erik Y.
Series: Springer atmospheric sciences; Springer atmospheric sciences
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9789400740280; 9789400740297
Subjects: Atmospheric temperature
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Basis of the Tables --; title: Methodology for Models --; title: Additional Information --; title: Tables of Atmospheric Profiles (Metric Units) --; title: Tables of Atmospheric Profiles (English Units) --; title: Atmospheric Temperature Graphs.