Ice Physics

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-958771-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 856 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1446 g

Reihe: Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences

This classic monograph provided the first comprehensive account of the physics and chemistry of ice, and remains authoritative and relevant today. Informed by research from physicists, chemists, glaciologists, meteorologists, geophysicists, and molecular biologists, the book places emphasis on the basic physical properties of ice (electrical, optical, mechanical, and thermal), the modes of nucleation and growth of ice, and the interpretation of these phenomena in
terms of molecular structure. Applied aspects of ice physics are also discussed. The book should serve both as a reference on ice physics for research workers and as a unified survey of the subject for those new to the field.

Zielgruppe

Researchers and graduate students in the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hobbs, Peter V.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Umweltphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Atom- und Molekülphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Chemische Physik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Solid Phases of the Water Substance
2: Electrical Properties
3: Optical Properties
4: Mechanical Properties
5: Thermal Properties and Diffusion in Ice
6: Surface Properties
7: Nucleation of Ice
8: Growth of Ice from the Vapour Phase
9: Growth of Ice from the Liquid Phase
10: Ice in the Atmosphere

Über Autor(innen)

Peter V. Hobbs did his doctoral work at Imperial College London, before moving to the University of Washington in 1963, where he founded and directed the Cloud and Aerosol Research Group, and became a leading researcher in atmospheric physics, pioneering techniques of airborne cloud sampling. He received a number of awards for his work, including Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (1974), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(1982), the American Meteorological Society's Jule G.
Charney Award (1984), and Sackler Distinguished Lecturer in Planetary and Space Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 2000. He remained at Washington until his death in 2005.