Principles of Environmental Physics

Plants, Animals, and the Atmosphere
4. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-12-386910-4
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 422 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 820 g

Principles of Environmental Physics: Plants, Animals, and the Atmosphere, 4e, provides a basis for understanding the complex physical interactions of plants and animals with their natural environment. It is the essential reference to provide environmental and ecological scientists and researchers with the physical principles, analytic tools, and data analysis methods they need to solve problems. This book describes the principles by which radiative energy reaches the earth's surface and reviews the latest knowledge concerning the surface radiation budget. The processes of radiation, convection, conduction, evaporation, and carbon dioxide exchange are analyzed. Many applications of environmental physics principles are reviewed, including the roles of surface albedo and atmospheric aerosols in modifying microclimate and climate, remote sensing of vegetation properties, wind forces on trees and crops, dispersion of pathogens and aerosols, controls of evaporation from vegetation and soil (including implications of changing weather and climate), and interpretation of micrometeorological measurements of carbon dioxide and other trace gas fluxes.

Zielgruppe

Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in university departments of physics, atmospheric sciences, biological and environmental sciences, research scientists in agriculture, forestry, hydrology and ecology in academia, government research and industry, natural resource managers, environmental consultants and advisers in non-governmental organizations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Monteith, John

Unsworth, Mike

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Umweltphysik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Geophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Scope of Environmental Physics2. Properties of Gases and Liquids3. Transport of Heat, Mass, and Momentum4. Transport of Radiant Energy5. Radiation Environment6. Microclimatology of Radiation (i) Radiative Properties of Natural Materials7. Microclimatology of Radiation (ii) Radiation Interception by Solid Structures8. Microclimatology of radiation (iii) Interception by Plant Canopies and Animal Coats9. Momentum Transfer10. Heat Transfer11. Mass Transfer (i) Gases and Water Vapor12. Mass Transfer (ii) Particles13. Steady State Heat Balance (i) Water Surfaces, Soil and Vegetation14. Steady State Heat Balance (ii) Animals15. Transient Heat Balance16. Micrometeorology (i) Turbulent Transfer, Profiles and Fluxes17. Micrometeorology (ii) Interpretation of Flux Measurements

Über Autor(innen)

Unsworth, Mike
Michael Unsworth is Professor Emeritus of Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres at Oregon State University. He has also been a Visiting Professor at the University of Southampton and the NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Before his tenure at Oregon State University, he was Professor and ultimately Dean of the Faulty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at Nottingham University. He has also served as Head of Station and the NERC Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Edinburgh Research Station and Director at the Center for Analysis of Environmental Change. His work specializes in environmental physics, microclimatology, and agricultural and forest meteorology. He has published numerous journal articles, book chapters, and books on these topics over his prolific career of more than 50 years.