Front Cover; Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Publisher's Credits; Part I: Basic Concepts; Chapter 1. Composition, Structure, and State; Chapter 2. First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics; Chapter 3. Transfer Processes; Chapter 4. Thermodynamics of Water; Chapter 5. Nucleation and Diffusional Growth; Part II: Applications; Chapter 6. Moist Thermodynamic Processes in the Atmosphere; Chapter 7. Static Stability of the Atmosphere and Ocean; Chapter 8. Cloud Characteristics and Processes.
Summary
Atmospheric and climatological studies are becoming more and more important in day-to-day living. Winds and ocean current owe their existence to the thermodynamic imbalances that arise from the differential heating of the Earth and air by the sun. Accounting for heat exchanges with the atmosphere and ocean is essential in any predictive model of the ocean and/or atmosphere. Thermodynamic feedback processes in the atmosphere and ocean are critical to understanding the overall stability of the Earth's climate and climate change. Water and its phase changes make the thermodynamics of the atmosphe.
