Introduction to micrometeorology /

This book is intended as a textbook for courses in micrometeorology for undergraduate students (juniors or seniors) in meteorology or environmental science, as well as for an introductory graduate-level course in boundary-layer meteorology. It will also serve as a good reference for professional met...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arya, S. Pal
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Academic Press, [2001]
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:International geophysics series ; v. 79.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Energy budget near the surface
  • Radiation balance near the surface
  • Soil temperatures and heat transfer
  • Air temperature and humidity in the PBL
  • Wind distribution in the PBL
  • An introduction to viscous flows
  • Fundamentals of turbulence
  • Models and theories of turbulence
  • Near-neutral boundary layers
  • Thermally stratified surface layer
  • Evaporation from homogeneous surfaces
  • Stratified atmospheric boundary layers
  • Nonhomogeneous boundary layers
  • Agricultural and forest micrometeorology.