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083 0 $aAtmosphere. Physical properties
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100 1 $aHoughton, J. T.$q(John Theodore),$d1931-
245 14 $aThe physics of atmospheres /$cJohn T. Houghton.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aCambridge [Cambridgeshire] ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c1986.
300 $axiv, 271 pages :$billustrations ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 252-254) and index.
505 0 $aSome basic ideas -- Planetary atmospheres -- Equilibrium temperatures -- Hydrostatic equation -- Adiabatic lapse rate -- Sandstrom's theorem -- A radiative equilibrium model -- Black-body radiation -- Absorption and emission -- Radiative equilibrium in a grey atmosphere -- Radiative time constants -- The greenhouse effect -- Thermodynamics -- Entropy of dry air -- Vertical motion of saturated air -- The tephigram -- Total potential energy of an air column -- Available potential energy -- Zonal and eddy energy -- More complex radiation transfer -- Solar radiation: its modification by scattering -- Absorption of solar radiation by ozone -- Absorption by single lines -- Transmission of an atmospheric path -- The integral equation of transfer -- Integration over frequency -- Heating rate due to radiative processes -- Cooling by carbon dioxide emission from upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere -- Band models -- Continuum absorption -- Global radiation budget -- The middle and upper atmospheres -- Temperature structure -- Diffusive separation -- The escape of hydrogen -- The energy balance of the thermosphere -- Photochemical processes -- Breakdown of thermodynamic equilibrium -- Clouds -- Cloud formation -- The growth of cloud particles -- The radiative properties of clouds -- Radiative transfer in clouds -- Dynamics -- Total and partial derivatives -- Equations of motion -- The geostrophic approximation -- Cyclostrophic motion -- Surfaces of constant pressure -- The thermal wind equation -- The equation of continuity -- Atmospheric waves -- Sound waves -- Gravity waves -- Rossby waves -- The vorticity equation -- Three dimensional Rossby-type waves -- Turbulence -- The Reynolds number -- Reynolds stresses -- Ekman's solution -- The mixing-length hypothesis -- Ekman pumping -- The spectrum of atmospheric turbulence -- The general circulation -- Laboratory experiments -- A symmetric circulation -- Inertial instability -- Barotropic instability -- Baroclinic instability -- Sloping convection -- Energy transport -- Transport of angular momentum -- The general circulation of the middle atmosphere -- Numerical modelling -- A barotropic model -- Baroclinic models -- Primitive equation models -- Inclusion of orography -- Convection -- Moist processes -- Radiation transfer -- Inclusion of clouds -- Sub grid scale processes -- Transfer across the surface -- Forecasting models -- Other models -- Global observation -- What observations are required? -- Conventional observations -- Remote sounding from satellites -- Remote sounding of atmospheric temperature -- Remote measurements of composition -- Other remote sounding observations -- Observations from remote platforms -- Achieving global coverage -- Atmospheric predictability and climatic change -- Short-term predictability -- Variations of climate -- Atmospheric feedback processes -- Different kinds of predictability -- Jupiter's Great Red Spot -- The challenge of climate research -- Some useful physical constants and data on dry air -- Properties of water vapour -- Atmospheric composition -- Relation of geopotential to geometric height -- Model atmospheres (0-105 km) -- Mcan rcference atmosphere (110-500 km) -- The Planck function -- Solar radiation -- Absorption of solar radiation by oxygen and ozone -- Spectral band information.
650 0 $aAtmospheric physics.
650 0 $aDynamic meteorology.
650 6 $aMe te orologie physique.
650 6 $aMe te orologie dynamique.
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650 7 $aDynamic meteorology.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00900285
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650 7 $aMeteorologia.$2larpcal
650 7 $aAtmospheric physics.$2nasat
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650 7 $aMe te orologie dynamique.$2ram
650 07 $aPhysik.$2swd
653 $aAtmosphere$aPhysical properties
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam028/86006875.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780521339568.pdf
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780521327312.pdf
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam023/86006875.html
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