Principles of environmental physics: plants, animals and the atmosphere [Libro electrónico] / John L. Monteith, Mike H. Unsworth

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Principles of Environmental Physics, 4th Edition.. Preface to the second edition.. List of symbols.. 1. Scope of environmental physics.. 2. Gas laws.. Pressure, volume and temperature.. Specific heats.. Lapse rate.. Water and water vapour.. Other gases.. 3. Transport laws.. General transfer equation.. Molecular transfer processes.. Diffusion coefficients.. Radiation laws.. 4. Radiation environment.. Solar radiation.. Terrestrial radiation.. Net radiation.. 5. Microclimatology of radiation.. (i Interception.. Direct solar radiation.. Diffuse radiation.. Radiation in crop canopies.. 6. Microclimatology of radiation.. (ii Absorption and reflection.. Radiative properties of natural materials.. Net radiation.. 7. Momentum transfer.. Boundary layers.. Wind profiles and drag on uniform surfaces.. Lodging and windthrow.. 8. Heat transfer.. Convection.. Non-dimensional groups.. Measurements of convection.. Conduction.. Insulation of animals.. 9. Mass transfer.. (i Gases and water vapour.. Non-dimensional groups.. Measurement of mass transfer.. Ventilation.. Mass transfer through pores.. Coats and clothing.. 10.Mass transfer (ii particles.. Steady motion.. 11.Steady state heat balance.. (i Water surfaces and vegetation.. Heat balance equation.. Heat balance of thermometers.. Heat balance of surfaces.. Developments from the Penman Equation.. 12.Steady state heat balance .. (ii Animals.. Heat balance components.. The thermo-neutral diagram.. Specification of the environment.. Case studies.. 13.Transient heat balance.. Time constant.. General cases.. Heat flow in soil.. 14.Crop micrometeorology.. (i Profiles and fluxes.. Profiles.. Profile equations and stability.. Measurement of flux above the canopy..

15.Crop micrometeorology.. (ii Interpretation of measurements.. Resistance analogues.. Case studies:.. Water vapour and transpiration.. Carbon dioxide and growth.. Sulphur dioxide and pollutant fluxes.. to crops.. Transport within canopies.. APPENDIX.. BIBLIOGRAPHY.. REFERENCES.. INDEX

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Principles of Environmental Physics: Plants, Animals, and the Atmosphere, 4e, provides a basis for understanding the complex physical interactions of plants and animals with their natural environment. It is the essential reference to provide environmental and ecological scientists and researchers with the physical principles, analytic tools, and data analysis methods they need to solve problems. This book describes the principles by which radiative energy reaches the earth's surface and reviews the latest knowledge concerning the surface radiation budget. The processes of radiation, convection, conduction, evaporation, and carbon dioxide exchange are analyzed. Many applications of environmental physics principles are reviewed, including the roles of surface albedo and atmospheric aerosols in modifying microclimate and climate, remote sensing of vegetation properties, wind forces on trees and crops, dispersion of pathogens and aerosols, controls of evaporation from vegetation and soil (including implications of changing weather and climate), and interpretation of micrometeorological measurements of carbon dioxide and other trace gas fluxes. *Presents a unique synthesis of micrometeorology and ecology in its widest sense. *Deals quantitatively with the impact of weather on living systems but also with the interactions between organisms and the atmosphere that are a central feature of life on earth. *Offers numerous worked examples and problems with solutions. *Provides many examples of laboratory and field measurements and their interpretation. *Includes an up-to-date bibliography and review of recent micrometeorological applications in forestry, ecology, hydrology and agriculture. eng

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