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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452249903321

Autore

Tuck Adrian F

Titolo

Atmospheric turbulence [[electronic resource] ] : a molecular dynamics perspective / / Adrian F. Tuck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-191746-X

1-281-34126-6

9786611341268

0-19-155312-3

1-4356-3344-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

551.55

Soggetti

Atmospheric turbulence

Molecular dynamics

Wave mechanics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-135) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Initial Survey of Observations; Chapter 3. Relevant Subjects; Chapter 4. Generalized Scale Invariance; Chapter 5. Temperature Intermittency and Ozone Photodissociation; Chapter 6. Radiative and Chemical Kinetic Implications; Chapter 7. Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics; Chapter 8. Summary, Quo Vadimus? and Quotations; References; Bibliography; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Adrian Tuck focuses on the direct link between molecular dynamics and atmospheric variation, uniting molecular dynamics, turbulence theory, fluid mechanics and non equilibrium statistical mechanics.