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Atmospheric Thermodynamics |
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| Other Titles: |
Application of the laws of thermodynamics in the atmosphere |
| Authors: |
Haldoupis, Christos |
| Reviewer: |
Christakis, Nikolaos |
| Subject: | NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > EARTH SCIENCES NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > EARTH SCIENCES > METEOROLOGY |
| Keywords: |
Amospheric Physics
Solar And Terrestrial Radiation Atmospheric Electricity Atmospheric Thermodynamics Cloud Physics Atmospheric Dynamics Ionospheric Physics |
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| Abstract: |
The laws of thermodynamics form the base for consideration and understanding a broad range of meteorological phenomena, from vapor condensation and the formation of clouds to the general circulation of the atmosphere. The purpose of this chapter is to review basic principles of thermodynamics, which then are applied to a few meteorological processes and phenomena.
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| Table of Contents: |
Chapter 3. Atmospheric Thermodynamics (35 pages)
3.1. Application of Ideal Gas Laws in the Atmosphere 3.2. Humidity Parameters 3.2.1. Absolute humidity 3.2.2. Special humidity 3.2.3. Mixing ratio 3.2.4. Relative humidity and dew point 3.3. Virtual Temperature and Applications 3.3.1. Hypsometric equation 3.4. Thermodynamic Laws and Application in the Atmosphere 3.5. Clausius- Clapeyron Equation 3.6 Cloud Thermodynamics 3.7. Thermodynamics of Meteorological Phenomena 3.7.1. Formation of dew, frost and fog 3.7.2. Isobaric mixing of two air masses 3.7.3. Adiabatic variations in the atmosphere 3.7.4. Saturated adiabatic and pseudo-adiabatic motions 3.8. Αtmospheric Stability 3.9. Cases of Atmospheric Stability 3.9.1. Vapor unsaturated air masses 3.9.2. Vapor saturated air masses 3.10. Meteorological Thermodynamics Charts 3.10.1 The Stüve thermodynamic diagram Chapter 3. Problems Chapter 3. Bibliography |
| Technical Editors: |
Gkikopoulos, Nikolaos |
| Type: |
Chapter |
| Creation Date: | 2015 |
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| License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/3276 |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Haldoupis, C. (2015). Atmospheric Thermodynamics [Chapter]. In Haldoupis, C. 2015. Introduction to Atmospheric Physics [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/3276 |
| Language: |
Greek |
| Is Part of: |
Introduction to Atmospheric Physics |
| Number of pages |
35 |
| Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |