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Title

An introduction to atmospheric thermodynamics / Anastasios A. Tsonis.

Author

Tsonis, Anastasios A.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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Details

Description

x, 171 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subject

• Atmospheric thermodynamics
• Atmosfera
• ATMOSPHERICS
• THERMODYNAMICS
• METEOROLOGY

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 163) and index.

Contents

Exact differentials -- Kinetic theory of heat -- Early experiments and laws -- The first law of Gay-Lussac -- The second law of Gay-Lussac -- Absolute temperature -- Another form of the Gay-Lussac laws -- Boyle's law -- Avogadro's hypothesis -- The ideal gas law -- A little discussion on the ideal gas law -- Mixture of gases--Dalton's law -- The first law of thermodynamics -- Work -- Definition of energy -- Equivalence between heat and work done -- Thermal capacities -- More on the relation between U and T (Joule's law) -- Consequences of the first law -- The second law of thermodynamics -- The Carnot cycle -- Lessons learned from the Carnot cycle -- More on entropy -- Special forms of the second law -- Combining the first and second laws -- Some consequences of the second law -- Water and its transformations -- Thermodynamic properties of water -- Equilibrium phase transformations--latent heat -- The Clausius--Clapeyron (C-C) equation -- Approximations and consequences of the C-C equation -- Moist air -- Measures and description of moist air -- Humidity variables -- Mean molecular weight of moist air and other quantities -- Processes in the atmosphere -- Isobaric cooling--dew and frost temperatures -- Adiabatic isobaric processes--wet-bulb temperatures -- Adiabatic expansion (or compression) of unsaturated moist air -- Reaching saturation by adiabatic ascent -- Saturated ascent -- A few more temperatures -- Saturated adiabatic lapse rate -- Other processes of interest -- Adiabatic isobaric mixing -- Vertical mixing.

ISBN

• 0521792630
• 9780521792639
• 0521796768
• 9780521796767

LCCN

2001035622

OCLC

• ocm46937732
• 46937732
• SCSB-1259199

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library