Physics of the Atmosphere

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Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvFrancisco J. Tapiador,Francisco J Tapiador

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Physics of the Atmosphere offers a comprehensive overview of the processes of the Earth-atmosphere system. Readers will gain a thorough understanding of the physical underpinnings of meteorology and climatology. The text is organized into five parts beginning with a review of the mathematics that supports atmospheric physics. The second part lays the foundation by studying the Earth system, the atmosphere, solar and terrestrial radiation, electromagnetism, and thermodynamics. The third part examines water vapor, clouds, and precipitation. Then various systems are detailed, such as tropical weather systems, extratropical cyclones, polar weather systems, mesoscale convective systems, and microscale phenomena. The book closes with a look at measurement and modeling including weather forecasting. Case studies are presented throughout to offer readers real-world examples of these concepts and their applications. This comprehensive survey of atmospheric physics will serve as an invaluable resource for those studying and practicing in meteorology, climatology and other related fields.

Examines all the key concepts, laws, and equations used in atmospheric science at the professional level
Offers an interdisciplinary approach making the concepts and applications useful across not only meteorology and climatology, but also geography, natural science, computing, and data science
Illustrates concepts with several detailed real-world case studies

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Utgivningsdatum2026-10-01
Mått191 x 235 x undefined mm
Vikt450 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor325
FörlagElsevier Science
ISBN9780443363566

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Francisco J. Tapiador is Full Professor of Physics. PhD in Atmospheric Physics, he has been a visiting scholar at the universities of Cambridge, Mannheim, Paris, Oklahoma, Colorado and at JPL (NASA/Caltech). He was a research fellow at the University of Birmingham. He has been a member of the international science team of the NASA GPM mission since 2009 and of the Pieonchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games science team. Vice-President of the Specialized Group of Physics of the Atmosphere and Ocean of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics (RSEF), he has been dean for nine years of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), where he teaches Physics, Atmospheric Physics and Climate Change. He has also been a member of the commission that designed the Physics Degree of the UCLM. His research focuses on precipitation and clouds using observations, satellites and models.

PART I: A PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS BUNDLE1. MATHEMATICS: THE LANGUAGE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS2. MASS: NEWTON’S LAWS3. ELECTRIC CHARGE: ELECTROMAGNETISM4. COLOR CHARGE: QUANTUM PHYSICSPART II: ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS5. THE EARTH SYSTEM6. THE ATMOSPHERE7. SOLAR AND TERRESTRIAL RADIATION8. ELECTROMAGNETISM IN THE ATMOSPHERE9. THERMODINAMICS OF GASES10. GLOBAL DYNAMICSPART III: WATER VAPOR, CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION11. THE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER12. WATER VAPOR13. CLOUD PHYSICSPART IV: THE PHYSICS OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEMS14. TROPICAL WEATHER SYSTEMS15. EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES16. POLAR WEATHER SYSTEMS17. MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS18. MICROSCALE PHENOMENAPART V: MEASUREMENTS AND MODELLING19. MEASURING THE ATMOSPHERE20. WEATHER FORECASTING