The Earth's atmosphere : its physics and dynamics /
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| Author / Creator: | Saha, Kshudiram. |
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| Imprint: | Berlin ; London : Springer, 2008. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 367 p.) : ill. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8886106 |
Table of Contents:
- The Sun and the Earth
- The Solar System and the Earth's Gravitation; The Earth's Atmosphere
- Its Origin, Composition and Properties; Heat and Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere; Water Vapour in the Atmosphere: Thermodynamics of Moist Air; Physics of Cloud and Precipitation; Physics of Radiation
- Fundamental Laws; The Sun and its Radiation; The Incoming Solar Radiation
- Interaction with the Earth's Atmosphere and Surface; Heat Balance of the Earth's Surface
- Upward and Downward Transfer of Heat; Heat Balance of the Earth-Atmosphere System
- Heat Sources and Sinks.