Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Name: Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans
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ISBN: 9780121995706

ISBN-10: 0121995704

ISBN-13: 9780121995706

Edition: 1999

Authors: Judith A. Curry, Peter J. Webster

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Atmospheric and climatological studies are becoming more and more important in day-to-day living. Winds and ocean current owe their existence to the thermodynamic imbalances that arise from the differential heating of the Earth and air by the sun. Accounting for heat exchanges with the atmosphere and ocean is essential in any predictive model of the ocean and/or atmosphere. Thermodynamic feedback processes in the atmosphere and ocean are critical to understanding the overall stability of the Earth's climate and climate change. Water and its phase changes make the thermodynamics of the atmosphere and ocean uniquely interesting and challenging. Written by leading scientists in the field,…

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List price: $121.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 12/16/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 471
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.782



Transfer Processes


Thermodynamics of Water


Nucleation and Diffusional Growth


Moist Thermodynamics Processes in the Atmosphere


Static Stability of the Atmosphere and Ocean


Cloud Characteristics and Processes


Ocean Surface Exchanges of Heat and Freshwater


Sea, Ice, Snow, and Glaciers


Thermohaline Processes in the Ocean


Special Topics: Global Energy and Entropy Balances


Thermodynamics Feedbacks in the Climate System


Planetary Atmospheres and Surface Ice


Appendices


Subject Index