British Wildlife is the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Published eight times a year, British Wildlife bridges the gap between popular writing and scientific literature through a combination of long-form articles, regular columns and reports, book reviews and letters.
Conservation Land Management (CLM) is a quarterly magazine that is widely regarded as essential reading for all who are involved in land management for nature conservation, across the British Isles. CLM includes long-form articles, events listings, publication reviews, new product information and updates, reports of conferences and letters.
Offers a concise and thorough introduction on how basic thermodynamics naturally leads on to advanced topics in atmospheric physics. The book starts by covering the basics of thermodynamics and its applications in atmospheric science. The later chapters describe major applications, specific to more specialized areas of atmospheric physics, including vertical structure and stability, cloud formation, and radiative processes. The book concludes with a discussion of non-equilibrium thermodynamics as applied to the atmosphere.
Preface
Useful data
1 Ideal gases
2 The first and second laws
3 General applications
4 The atmosphere under gravity
5 Water in the atmosphere
6 Vertical structure of the moist atmosphere
7 Cloud drops
8 Mixtures and solutions
9 Thermal radiation
10 Non-equilibrium processes
Appendix A Functions of several variables
Appendix B Exergy and thermodynamic stability
Appendix C Thermodynamic diagrams
Appendix D Relationship between energy density and energy flux
Index