A First Course in Atmospheric Thermodynamics
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Author(s): G. W. Petty
Publisher: Sundog Publishing
ISBN: 9780972903325
Format: softback
336pp
Price: $48.00
Review Date: 01 September 2008
Review: This textbook on atmospheric thermodynamics for meteorology majors looks at the physical behaviour of air on a more or less local scale, how an isolated parcel of air responds to changes in temperature and pressure and how such a parcel responds to the surrounding atmosphere. There are chapters on : atmospheric composition and structure; thermodynamic systems and variables; physical properties of air; atmospheric pressure; the First Law and its consequences; the Second Law and its consequences; moist processes; and atmospheric stability. There are appendices on solving physical problems; the basic maths; and tables and charts containing symbols and constants.