Physics of the Atmosphere

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-443-36356-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 325 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 449 g

Physics of the Atmosphere offers a comprehensive overview of the processes of the Earth-atmosphere system. Readers will gain a thorough understanding of the physical underpinnings of meteorology and climatology. The text is organized into five parts beginning with a review of the mathematics that supports atmospheric physics. The second part lays the foundation by studying the Earth system, the atmosphere, solar and terrestrial radiation, electromagnetism, and thermodynamics. The third part examines water vapor, clouds, and precipitation. Then various systems are detailed, such as tropical weather systems, extratropical cyclones, polar weather systems, mesoscale convective systems, and microscale phenomena. The book closes with a look at measurement and modeling including weather forecasting. Case studies are presented throughout to offer readers real-world examples of these concepts and their applications. This comprehensive survey of atmospheric physics will serve as an invaluable resource for those studying and practicing in meteorology, climatology and other related fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tapiador, Francisco J.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: A PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS BUNDLE
1. MATHEMATICS: THE LANGUAGE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS
2. MASS: NEWTON’S LAWS
3. ELECTRIC CHARGE: ELECTROMAGNETISM
4. COLOR CHARGE: QUANTUM PHYSICS

PART II: ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS
5. THE EARTH SYSTEM
6. THE ATMOSPHERE
7. SOLAR AND TERRESTRIAL RADIATION
8. ELECTROMAGNETISM IN THE ATMOSPHERE
9. THERMODINAMICS OF GASES
10. GLOBAL DYNAMICS

PART III: WATER VAPOR, CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION
11. THE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER
12. WATER VAPOR
13. CLOUD PHYSICS

PART IV: THE PHYSICS OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEMS
14. TROPICAL WEATHER SYSTEMS
15. EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES
16. POLAR WEATHER SYSTEMS
17. MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS
18. MICROSCALE PHENOMENA

PART V: MEASUREMENTS AND MODELLING
19. MEASURING THE ATMOSPHERE
20. WEATHER FORECASTING

Über Autor(innen)

Tapiador, Francisco J.
Francisco J. Tapiador is Full Professor of Physics. PhD in Atmospheric Physics, he has been a visiting scholar at the universities of Cambridge, Mannheim, Paris, Oklahoma, Colorado and at JPL (NASA/Caltech). He was a research fellow at the University of Birmingham. He has been a member of the international science team of the NASA GPM mission since 2009 and of the Pieonchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games science team. Vice-President of the Specialized Group of Physics of the Atmosphere and Ocean of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics (RSEF), he has been dean for nine years of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), where he teaches Physics, Atmospheric Physics and Climate Change. He has also been a member of the commission that designed the Physics Degree of the UCLM. His research focuses on precipitation and clouds using observations, satellites and models.