Cover title: Transport of infrared atmospheric radiation. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
List of Figures Preface -- Abstract -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Generals in statics and dynamics of global atmosphere -- 3. Water microdrops in atmospheric air -- 4. Thermodynamics of thermal atmospheric emission -- 5. Spectroscopy properties of radiative atmospheric molecules -- Part 2: Greenhouse phenomenon of standard atmosphere -- 6. Infrared radiative energetics of standard atmosphere -- 7. Shortwave infrared atmospheric emission -- 8. Emission of a varied atmosphere -- 9. Peculiarities of emission in atmospheric energetics -- 10. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- List of Figures
Summary:
This book sets out to give a rigorous mathematical description of the greenhouse effect through the theory of infrared atmospheric emission. In contrast to traditional climatological analysis, this approach eschews empirical relations in favour of a strict thermodynamical derivation, based on data from NASA and from the HITRAN spectroscopy database. The results highlight new aspects of the role of clouds in the greenhouse effect.
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