Description
Book SynopsisThis textbook is written for graduate students and researchers in meteorology and related sciences, and includes an introduction to the linear theory of non-equilibrium which is necessary for more advanced studies. Each chapter ends with a set of exercises for which answers are given at the end of the book.
Trade Review'… a useful reference for researchers in dynamic meteorology.' Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
'This textbook is written for students and researchers in meteorology but nevertheless it is useful for all scientists in the field of thermodynamics, too.' ZAMM
Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Basic thermodynamic concepts; 2. Budget equations; 3. The first law of thermodynamics; 4. The second law of thermodynamics; 5. Thermal radiation; 6. Thermodynamic potentials, identities and stability; 7. The constitutive equations for irreversible fluxes; 8. State functions of ideal gases; 9. State functions of the condensed pure phase; 10. State functions for cloud air; 11. Heat equation and special adiabatic systems; 12. Special adiabats of homogeneous systems; 13. Thermodynamic diagrams; 14. Atmospheric statics; Answers to problems; List of frequently used symbols; List of constants; References and bibliography; Index.
