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Theory of planetary atmospheres : an introduction to their physics and chemistry / Joseph W. Chamberlain ; in collaboration with Donald M. Hunten.
- Title
- Theory of planetary atmospheres : an introduction to their physics and chemistry / Joseph W. Chamberlain ; in collaboration with Donald M. Hunten.
- Author
- Chamberlain, Joseph W. (Joseph Wyan), 1928-
- Publication
- Orlando : Academic Press, 1987.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QB603.A85 C48 1987 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Hunten, Donald M.
- Description
- xiv, 481 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- International geophysics series ; v. 36
- Uniform Title
- International geophysics series ; v. 36.
- Subject
- Planets > Atmospheres
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographies and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Vertical structure of an atmosphere -- Hydrodynamics of atmospheres -- Chemistry and dynamics of Earth's stratosphere -- Planetary astronomy -- Ionspheres -- Airglows, auroras, and aeronomy -- Stability of planetary atmospheres -- Appendix I.A table of physical constants -- Appendix II. Planetary characteristics -- Appendix III. A model of Earth's atmosphere -- Appendix IV. Planetary spacecraft missions -- Appendix V. Supplementary reading -- Appendix VI. The Planck function -- Appendix VII. Diffusion coefficients -- Appendix VIII. Ortho and Para hydrogen -- Appendix IX. Partition functions for a spherical exosphere.
- ISBN
- 0121672514 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^86010850^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library