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Conceptual Boundary Layer Meteorology
The Air Near Here

April Hiscox

Price: USD: 125.00
ISBN: 978-0-12-817092-2

Copyright date: Sep 01, 2022
Pages: 314

Elsevier Science & Technology

This book belongs to the following Subject Areas:
Earth and Environmental Sciences

Key Features

Uses authentic examples to give readers the ability to utilize real world data

Covers boundary layer meteorology without requiring knowledge of advanced mathematics

Provides a set of tools that can be used by the reader to better understand land-air interactions

Provides specific applications for a wide spectrum of environmental systems

About the Book
Conceptual Boundary Layer Meteorology: The Air Near Here explains essential boundary layer concepts in a way that is accessible to a wide number of people studying and working in the environmental sciences. It begins with chapters designed to present the language of the boundary layer and the key concepts of mass, momentum exchanges, and the role of turbulence. The book then moves to focusing on specific environments, uses, and problems facing science with respect to the boundary layer.

Approx. 140 illustrations (70 in full color)

Readership

Advanced undergraduates, graduate students or practitioners in environmental science, ecology, environmental management, air pollution, and environmental compliance who need an understanding of the physics of air flows without possessing a background in Calculus IV or Differential Equations

Content

1. What is the Boundary Layer
2. Flux
3. Convective Boundary Layers
4. Nocturnal Boundary Layer
5. Spatial Patterns and Scales
6. Measurement Techniques
7. Hydrology and the Boundary Layer
8. The Carbon Cycle and the Boundary Layer
9. Vegetative Environments
10. Flow in Complex Environments
11. Urban Boundary Layer
12. Transport and Tracking
13. Energy
14.Climate Change