{"product_id":"thermodynamics-of-the-atmosphere-basic-physics-and-applications-to-earths-science-hardback-9781774698730","title":"Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere; Basic Physics and Applications to Earth's Science (Hardback) 9781774698730","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThermodynamics of the Atmosphere\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBasic Physics and Applications to Earth's Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStefano Spezia (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781774698730\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 March 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e642 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.531 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe atmosphere behaves like a giant thermal engine in which disorganized energy is transformed into organized kinetic energy by the uneven absorption of solar radiation. The last one drives the circulation of the atmosphere by temperature differences between the polar and equatorial regions. \u003cem\u003eThermodynamics of the Atmosphere: Basic Physics and Applications to Earth's Science\u003c\/em\u003e book provides the physical basis for understanding the climate system: ideal gases, thermodynamics laws, the effects of gravity, the water in the atmosphere, cloud drops, mixtures, and thermal radiation.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSection 1 Basic Physics: Ideal Gases and Thermodynamics Laws\u003cli\u003eChapter 1 On Classical Ideal Gases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2 A New Entropy Function to Analyze Isentropic Processes of Ideal Gases with Variable Specific Heats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3 Understanding Atmospheric Behaviour in Terms of Entropy: A Review of Applications of the Second Law of Thermodynamics to Meteorology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4 Mechanics and Thermodynamics of a New Minimal Model of the Atmosphere\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSection 2 Effects of Gravity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5 The Effects of Gravity on the Climate and Circulation of a Terrestrial Planet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6 Gravity is Vertical in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7 Convective Cells of Internal Gravity Waves in the Earth'\u003cbr\u003es Atmosphere with Finite Temperature Gradient\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSection 3 The Water and the Vertical Structure of Moisture in the Atmosphere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8 Water from Air: an Overlooked Source of Moisture in Arid and Semiarid Regions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9 Observed Behaviours of Precipitable Water Vapour and Precipitation Intensity in Response to Upper Air Profiles Estimated from Surface Air Temperature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10 Vertical Structure of Moisture Content Over Europe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11 Impacts of Model Spatial Resolution on the Vertical Structure of Convection in the Tropics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12 Winter Thermodynamic Vertical Structure in the Arctic Atmosphere Linked to Large-Scale Circulation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13 Vertical Structure of the Lower Troposphere Derived from MU Radar, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, and Balloon Measurements During ShUREX 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSection 4 Cloud drops and Mixtures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14 Cloud Processing of Aerosol Particles in Marine Stratocumulus Clouds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15 Cloud Drop Number Concentrations Over the Western North Atlantic Ocean: Seasonal Cycle, Aerosol Interrelationships, and other Influential Factors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16 Response of Mixed-Phase Cloud Microphysical Properties to Cloud-Seeding Near Cloud Top Over Hebei, China\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17 Hygroscopicity and Ice Nucleation Properties of Dust\/Salt Mixtures Originating from the Source of East Asian Dust Storms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSection 5 Thermal Radiation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 18 Disquisitions Relating to Principles of Thermodynamic Equilibrium in Climate Modelling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 19 Radiation and Heat Transfer in the Atmosphere: A Comprehensive Approach on a Molecular Basis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 20 Atmospheric Ionization and Cloud Radiative Forcing\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Arcler Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52637484122392,"sku":"9781774698730","price":110.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/thermodynamics-of-the-atmosphere-basic-physics-and-applications-to-earths-science-hardback-9781774698730","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}