Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere

A Course in Theoretical Meteorology

Wilford Zdunkowski, Andreas Bott

252 pages, parution le 28/04/2004

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This textbook is written for graduate students and researchers in meteorology and related sciences. While most meteorological textbooks only present equilibrium thermodynamics, this book also introduces the linear theory of non-equilibrium and provides the necessary background for more advanced studies. The authors start by introducing the equations that describe the basic laws of thermodynamics and entropy and go on to discuss the thermodynamics of blackbody radiation, thermodynamic potentials, and the constitutive equations of irreversible fluxes. Later chapters look at the state functions of ideal gases, thermodynamics of cloud air, heat equations for special adiabatic systems, atmospheric statics, stability, and atmospheric energetics of hydrostatic equilibrium. Each chapter ends with a set of exercises that are designed to help the reader develop a deeper understanding of the subject. Answers to all the exercises are given at the end of the book.

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Basic thermodynamic
Budget equations
The first law of thermodynamics
The second law of thermodynamics
Thermal radiation
Thermodynamic potentials, identities and stability
The constitutive equations for irreversible fluxes
State functions of ideal gases
State functions of the condensed pure phase
State function for cloud air
Heat equation and special adiabatic systems
Special adiabats of homogeneous systems
Thermodynamic diagrams
Atmospheric statics

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Wilford Zdunkowski, Andreas Bott
Parution	28/04/2004
Nb. de pages	252
Format	17,5 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	545g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521006859
ISBN13	978-0-521-00685-9