Principles of Environmental Physics
eBook - ePub

Principles of Environmental Physics

Plants, Animals, and the Atmosphere

  1. 422 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Principles of Environmental Physics

Plants, Animals, and the Atmosphere

About this book

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.- Presents a unique synthesis of micrometeorology and ecology in its widest sense- Deals quantitatively with the impact of weather on living systems but also with the interactions between organisms and the atmosphere that are a central feature of life on earth- Offers numerous worked examples and problems with solutions- Provides many examples of laboratory and field measurements and their interpretation- Includes an up-to-date bibliography and review of recent micrometeorological applications in forestry, ecology, hydrology, and agriculture

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9780123869937
Edition
4
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Ecology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Preface to the Fourth Edition
  6. Preface to the Third Edition
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Symbols
  9. Chapter 1. The Scope of Environmental Physics
  10. Chapter 2. Properties of Gases and Liquids
  11. Chapter 3. Transport of Heat, Mass, and Momentum
  12. Chapter 4. Transport of Radiant Energy
  13. Chapter 5. Radiation Environment
  14. Chapter 6. Microclimatology of Radiation: (i) Radiative Properties of Natural Materials
  15. Chapter 7. Microclimatology of Radiation: (ii) Radiation Interception by Solid Structures
  16. Chapter 8. Microclimatology of Radiation: (iii) Interception by Plant Canopies and Animal Coats
  17. Chapter 9. Momentum Transfer
  18. Chapter 10. Heat Transfer
  19. Chapter 11. Mass Transfer: (i) Gases and Water Vapor
  20. Chapter 12. Mass Transfer: (ii) Particles
  21. Chapter 13. Steady-State Heat Balance: (i) Water Surfaces, Soil, and Vegetation
  22. Chapter 14. Steady-State Heat Balance: (ii) Animals
  23. Chapter 15. Transient Heat Balance
  24. Chapter 16. Micrometeorology: (i) Turbulent Transfer, Profiles, and Fluxes
  25. Chapter 17. Micrometeorology: (ii) Interpretation of Flux Measurements
  26. References
  27. Bibliography
  28. Appendix
  29. Solutions to Selected Problems
  30. Index