Physics of the atmosphere /

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"Version: 20141101"--Title page verso.Preface -- Author biography -- Introduction -- Composition of the atmosphere -- Observed vertical structureThermodynamics of dry air -- Pressure, temperature and the ideal gas law -- Hydrostatic balance -- Atmospheric energy and the first law of thermodynamics -- Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics -- Static stabilityThermodynamics of moist air -- Thermodynamics of moist non-condensing air -- Condensation and evaporation -- The moist adiabat -- Static stability of a moist atmosphere with condensation -- Mixing clouds and contrailsCloud microphysics -- Homogeneous nucleation -- Heterogeneous nucleation and aerosols -- Droplet growth by condensation -- From cloud droplets to precipitationAtmospheric radiation -- Electromagnetic radiation -- Interaction between radiation and matter: some generalities -- Molecular absorption -- Scattering -- Absorption by cloud drops -- Radiative transfer : generalities -- Radiative transfer of longwave radiation -- Absorption and emission spectra of Earth's atmosphere -- Some scattering effectsThe atmospheric boundary layer -- Scale separation and Reynolds averaging -- Closure, mixing length and flux-gradient relations -- The Ekman layer -- The surface layer -- Static stability and the Monin-Obukhov similarity.This text provides a self-contained introductory graduate-level course in atmospheric physics for students of meteorology or physics. Assuming no prior knowledge other than basic mechanics and calculus, the author offers a solid overview of how the atmosphere functions, including topics such as thermodynamics, cloud microphysics, atmospheric radiation and remote sensing. Includes worked examples to aid understanding.Professional and scholarly.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.Rodrigo Caballero is a researcher in the Department of Meteorology at Stockholm University where his research focuses on the role of the atmosphere within the climate system, with an emphasis on understanding the fundamental underlying mechanisms of this complex system, including interactions between atmosphere, ocean, ice and the biosphere.Title from PDF title page (viewed on December 4, 2014).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations.

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English

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9780750310529

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551.5

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Atmospheric physics
Geophysics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics.

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Rodrigo Caballero.

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