Valerio Faraoni

Exercises in Environmental Physics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a collection of problems and exercises in environmental science. It can be used in many courses in environmental studies especially environmental physics, energy and the environment, and atmospheric physics. The mathematical background is given in an introductory chapter. This book may be used individually for the above mentioned courses or can accompany any text book. TOC:1. Mathematical Methods.- 2. Planet Earth in Space.- 3. Ocean and Atmospheric Physics.- 4. Electromagnetic Radiation.- 5. Energy and the Environment.- 6. Fluid Mechanics.- 7. Evapotranspiration, Soils, and Hydrology.- 8. Pollution

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: April 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781402046063
• ISBN-10: 1402046065
• Artikelnr.: 34984317

Inhaltsangabe

1. Mathematical Methods 1.1 Complex numbers 1.2 Functions of a single variable 1.3 Ordinary differential equations 1.4 Functions of two or more variables 1.5 Vector calculus 1.6 Partial differential equations 1.7 Tensors 1.8 Dimensional analysis 2. Planet Earth in Space 2.1 Astronomy 2.2 Planet Earth 3. Ocean and Atmospheric Physics 3.1 The blue planet 3.2 Oceanic circulation 3.3 Ocean waves 3.4 General features of the atmosphere 3.5 Temperature and pressure 3.6 Atmospheric circulation 3.7 Precipitation 4. Electromagnetic radiation 4.1 The electromagnetic spectrum 4.2 Blackbody radiation 4.3 Propagation of electromagnetic radiation 4.4 Greenhouse effect 4.5 Electromagnetic radiation and human health 4.6 Environmental spectroscopy 4.7 Radioactivity 5. Energy and the Environment 5.1 Mechanical energy 5.2 Heat transfer 5.3 Thermodynamics 5.4 Electricity 6. Fluid Mechanics 6.1 Liquids 6.2 Gases 7. Evapotranspiration, Soils, and Hydrology 7.1 Phase transitions, hygrometry, and evapotranspiration 7.2 Soil physics 7.3 Groundwater hydrology 8. Pollution 8.1 Transport equations 8.2 Water pollution 8.3 Air pollution Appendices A. Physical constants B. Mathematical identities C. Differential operators in various coordinate systems References Index