Principles of environmental physics /

This book provides a basis for understanding the complex physical interactions of plants and animals with their natural environment. It describes the principles by which radiative energy reaches the earth's surface and reviews the latest knowledge concerning the surface radiation budget. The pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Monteith, John L. (John Lennox), 1929-2012
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Academic Press, ©2013.
Edition:4th ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The scope of environmental physics
  • 2. Properties of gases and liquids
  • 3. Transport of heat, mass, and momentum
  • 4. Transport of radiant energy
  • 5. Radiation environment
  • 6. Microclimatology of radiation (i) : radiative properties of natural materials
  • 7. Microclimatology of radiation (ii) : radiation interception by solid structures
  • 8. Microclimatology of radiation (iii) : interception by plant canopies and animal coats
  • 9. Momentum transfer
  • 10. Heat transfer
  • 11. Mass transfer (i) : gases and water vapor
  • 12. Mass transfer (ii) : particles
  • 13. Steady-state heat balance (i) : water surfaces, soil, and vegetation
  • 14. Steady-state heat balance (ii) : animals
  • 15. Transient heat balance
  • 16. Micrometeorology (i) : turbulent transfer, profiles, and fluxes
  • 17. Micrometeorology (ii) : interpretation of flux measurements.