E-Book, Englisch, 513 Seiten
Box Physics of Radiation and Climate
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4665-7206-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
E-Book, Englisch, 513 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-4665-7206-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
This book offers practical and detailed introduction to the physics of climate science. It is divided into three main sections, with the first providing an introduction to the atmosphere and ocean—their composition, thermodynamics, vertical structure, and basic flow patterns. The next chapters focus on the central physics of interactions between radiation, gases, and particles, addressing the core phenomena of absorption, emission, scattering, and radiative transfer. The final section integrates those principles and how they are applied in the study of weather and climate change.
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I INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
Our Planet
Energy flows and conditions on Earth
Weather and climate
Our planet and the laws of Physics
Composition and Chemistry
Composition of the atmosphere
Biogeochemical cycles
Air pollution
Composition of the oceans
Atmospheric Aerosols
Aerosols: definitions and classification
Investigating aerosols
Atmospheric Thermodynamics
Thermal properties of gases
Hydrostatic equilibrium
Dry thermodynamics
The second law of thermodynamics
Water vapour in the atmosphere
Thermodynamic diagrams
Atmospheric stability
Clouds
Processes leading to cloud formation
Cloud microphysics
Types of clouds and their formation
Atmospheric electricity
Energy Transport by Atmosphere and Ocean
Atmospheric motion
Thermally driven circulations
Wave motion
Boundary layer processes
Ocean circulation
II THE CENTRAL PHYSICS
Radiative Interactions
Formulation
Thermal radiation
Radiative transfer
Absorption and Emission of Radiation
Classical absorption and emission
Quantum mechanical transitional probabilities
Molecular spectroscopy
Spectroscopy of atmospheric gases
Appendix: Time-dependent perturbation theory
Scattering of Radiation
Scattering formalism
Small particle scattering
Mie scattering
Scattering by non-spherical scatterers
Optical properties of aerosols
Properties of the dielectric constant
III APPLICATIONS
Solar Radiation and the Ozone Layer
Solar radiation and its variability
Solar radiation in the atmosphere
The ionosphere
The ozone layer
Scattering of solar radiation
Operator formulation
Thermal Radiation Transfer
Simple modelling of climate
Thermal radiation transfer
Climate Forcing
Greenhouse gas forcing
Other forcing agents
Feedback processes
Remote Sensing
Remote sensing for weather forecasting
Remote sensing for climate studies
Remote sensing of aerosols
Introduction to inversion procedures
Climate Modelling
General circulation modelling
Modelling a changing climate
Earth system science models
The IPCC process
Selected Topics to be renamed
Lessons from climate history
Glacial-interglacial cycles
Geoengineering
Venus, Mars and Goldilocks
