Principles of environmental physics [[electronic resource]] : plants, animals, and the atmosphere / / John L. Monteith and Mike H. Unsworth |
Autore | Monteith John L |
Edizione | [4th ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England, : Academic Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (423 p.) |
Disciplina | 574.191 |
Altri autori (Persone) | UnsworthMike H |
Soggetto topico |
Biophysics
Ecology Physics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-12-386993-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Fourth Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; Acknowledgments; Symbols; 1 The Scope of Environmental Physics; 2 Properties of Gases and Liquids; 2.1 Gases and Water Vapor; 2.1.1 Pressure, Volume, and Temperature; 2.1.2 The Hydrostatic Equation; 2.1.3 The First Law of Thermodynamics, and Specific Heats; 2.1.4 Latent Heat; 2.1.5 Lapse Rate; 2.1.6 Potential Temperature; 2.1.7 Water Vapor and its Specification; 2.1.7.1 Vapor Pressure; 2.1.7.2 Dew-Point Temperature; 2.1.7.3 Saturation Vapor Pressure Deficit; 2.1.7.4 Mixing Ratio
2.1.7.5 Specific and Absolute Humidity2.1.7.6 Virtual Temperature; 2.1.7.7 Relative Humidity; 2.1.7.8 Wet-Bulb Temperature; 2.1.7.9 Summary of Methods for Specifying Water Vapor Amount; 2.1.8 Other Gases; 2.1.8.1 Specifying Trace Gas Concentrations; 2.2 Liquid; 2.2.1 Water Content and Potential; 2.2.2 Liquid-Air Interfaces; 2.3 Stable Isotopes; 2.4 Problems; 3 Transport of Heat, Mass, and Momentum; 3.1 General Transfer Equation; 3.2 Molecular Transfer Processes; 3.2.1 Momentum and Viscosity; 3.2.2 Heat and Thermal Conductivity; 3.2.3 Mass Transfer and Diffusivity; 3.3 Diffusion Coefficients 3.3.1 Resistances to Transfer3.3.1.1 Alternative Units for Resistance and Conductance; 3.4 Diffusion of Particles (Brownian Motion); 3.5 Problems; 4 Transport of Radiant Energy; 4.1 The Origin and Nature of Radiation; 4.1.1 Absorption and Emission of Radiation; 4.1.2 Full or Black Body Radiation; 4.1.3 Wien's Law; 4.1.4 Stefan's Law; 4.1.5 Planck's Law; 4.1.6 Quantum Unit; 4.1.7 Radiative Exchange: Small Temperature Differences; 4.2 Spatial Relations; 4.2.1 Cosine Law for Emission and Absorption; 4.2.2 Reflection; 4.2.3 Radiance and Irradiance; 4.2.4 Attenuation of a Parallel Beam 4.3 Problems5 Radiation Environment; 5.1 Solar Radiation; 5.1.1 Solar Constant; 5.1.2 Sun-Earth Geometry; 5.1.3 Spectral Quality; 5.2 Attenuation of Solar Radiation in the Atmosphere; 5.3 Solar Radiation at the Ground; 5.3.1 Direct Radiation; 5.3.2 Diffuse Radiation; 5.3.3 Angular Distribution of Diffuse Radiation; 5.3.4 Total (Global) Radiation; 5.3.4.1 Spectrum of Total Solar Radiation; 5.4 Terrestrial Radiation; 5.4.1 Terrestrial Radiation from Cloudless Skies; 5.4.2 Terrestrial Radiation from Cloudy Skies; 5.5 Net Radiation; 5.6 Problems 6 Microclimatology of Radiation (i) Radiative Properties of Natural Materials6.1 Radiative Properties of Natural Materials; 6.1.1 Water; 6.1.1.1 Reflection; 6.1.1.2 Transmission; 6.1.2 Soils, Metals, and Glass; 6.1.3 Leaves; 6.1.4 Canopies of Vegetation; 6.1.5 Animals; 6.2 Problems; 7 Microclimatology of Radiation 0pt (ii) Radiation Interception by Solid Structures; 7.1 Geometric Principles; 7.1.1 Direct Solar Radiation; 7.1.1.1 Shape Factors; 7.1.2 Diffuse Radiation; 7.1.2.1 Shape Factors; 7.2 Problems; 8 Microclimatology of Radiation (iii) Interception by Plant Canopies and Animal Coats 8.1 Interception of Radiation by Plant Canopies |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452491703321 |
Monteith John L | ||
Oxford, England, : Academic Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Principles of environmental physics : plants, animals, and the atmosphere / / John L. Monteith and Mike H. Unsworth |
Autore | Monteith John L |
Edizione | [4th ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England, : Academic Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 401 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Disciplina | 574.191 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico |
Biophysics
Ecology |
ISBN | 0-12-386993-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Fourth Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; Acknowledgments; Symbols; 1 The Scope of Environmental Physics; 2 Properties of Gases and Liquids; 2.1 Gases and Water Vapor; 2.1.1 Pressure, Volume, and Temperature; 2.1.2 The Hydrostatic Equation; 2.1.3 The First Law of Thermodynamics, and Specific Heats; 2.1.4 Latent Heat; 2.1.5 Lapse Rate; 2.1.6 Potential Temperature; 2.1.7 Water Vapor and its Specification; 2.1.7.1 Vapor Pressure; 2.1.7.2 Dew-Point Temperature; 2.1.7.3 Saturation Vapor Pressure Deficit; 2.1.7.4 Mixing Ratio
2.1.7.5 Specific and Absolute Humidity2.1.7.6 Virtual Temperature; 2.1.7.7 Relative Humidity; 2.1.7.8 Wet-Bulb Temperature; 2.1.7.9 Summary of Methods for Specifying Water Vapor Amount; 2.1.8 Other Gases; 2.1.8.1 Specifying Trace Gas Concentrations; 2.2 Liquid; 2.2.1 Water Content and Potential; 2.2.2 Liquid-Air Interfaces; 2.3 Stable Isotopes; 2.4 Problems; 3 Transport of Heat, Mass, and Momentum; 3.1 General Transfer Equation; 3.2 Molecular Transfer Processes; 3.2.1 Momentum and Viscosity; 3.2.2 Heat and Thermal Conductivity; 3.2.3 Mass Transfer and Diffusivity; 3.3 Diffusion Coefficients 3.3.1 Resistances to Transfer3.3.1.1 Alternative Units for Resistance and Conductance; 3.4 Diffusion of Particles (Brownian Motion); 3.5 Problems; 4 Transport of Radiant Energy; 4.1 The Origin and Nature of Radiation; 4.1.1 Absorption and Emission of Radiation; 4.1.2 Full or Black Body Radiation; 4.1.3 Wien's Law; 4.1.4 Stefan's Law; 4.1.5 Planck's Law; 4.1.6 Quantum Unit; 4.1.7 Radiative Exchange: Small Temperature Differences; 4.2 Spatial Relations; 4.2.1 Cosine Law for Emission and Absorption; 4.2.2 Reflection; 4.2.3 Radiance and Irradiance; 4.2.4 Attenuation of a Parallel Beam 4.3 Problems5 Radiation Environment; 5.1 Solar Radiation; 5.1.1 Solar Constant; 5.1.2 Sun-Earth Geometry; 5.1.3 Spectral Quality; 5.2 Attenuation of Solar Radiation in the Atmosphere; 5.3 Solar Radiation at the Ground; 5.3.1 Direct Radiation; 5.3.2 Diffuse Radiation; 5.3.3 Angular Distribution of Diffuse Radiation; 5.3.4 Total (Global) Radiation; 5.3.4.1 Spectrum of Total Solar Radiation; 5.4 Terrestrial Radiation; 5.4.1 Terrestrial Radiation from Cloudless Skies; 5.4.2 Terrestrial Radiation from Cloudy Skies; 5.5 Net Radiation; 5.6 Problems 6 Microclimatology of Radiation (i) Radiative Properties of Natural Materials6.1 Radiative Properties of Natural Materials; 6.1.1 Water; 6.1.1.1 Reflection; 6.1.1.2 Transmission; 6.1.2 Soils, Metals, and Glass; 6.1.3 Leaves; 6.1.4 Canopies of Vegetation; 6.1.5 Animals; 6.2 Problems; 7 Microclimatology of Radiation 0pt (ii) Radiation Interception by Solid Structures; 7.1 Geometric Principles; 7.1.1 Direct Solar Radiation; 7.1.1.1 Shape Factors; 7.1.2 Diffuse Radiation; 7.1.2.1 Shape Factors; 7.2 Problems; 8 Microclimatology of Radiation (iii) Interception by Plant Canopies and Animal Coats 8.1 Interception of Radiation by Plant Canopies |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779981603321 |
Monteith John L | ||
Oxford, England, : Academic Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Principles of environmental physics : plants, animals, and the atmosphere / / John L. Monteith and Mike H. Unsworth |
Autore | Monteith John L |
Edizione | [4th ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England, : Academic Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 401 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Disciplina | 574.191 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico |
Biophysics
Ecology |
ISBN | 0-12-386993-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Fourth Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; Acknowledgments; Symbols; 1 The Scope of Environmental Physics; 2 Properties of Gases and Liquids; 2.1 Gases and Water Vapor; 2.1.1 Pressure, Volume, and Temperature; 2.1.2 The Hydrostatic Equation; 2.1.3 The First Law of Thermodynamics, and Specific Heats; 2.1.4 Latent Heat; 2.1.5 Lapse Rate; 2.1.6 Potential Temperature; 2.1.7 Water Vapor and its Specification; 2.1.7.1 Vapor Pressure; 2.1.7.2 Dew-Point Temperature; 2.1.7.3 Saturation Vapor Pressure Deficit; 2.1.7.4 Mixing Ratio
2.1.7.5 Specific and Absolute Humidity2.1.7.6 Virtual Temperature; 2.1.7.7 Relative Humidity; 2.1.7.8 Wet-Bulb Temperature; 2.1.7.9 Summary of Methods for Specifying Water Vapor Amount; 2.1.8 Other Gases; 2.1.8.1 Specifying Trace Gas Concentrations; 2.2 Liquid; 2.2.1 Water Content and Potential; 2.2.2 Liquid-Air Interfaces; 2.3 Stable Isotopes; 2.4 Problems; 3 Transport of Heat, Mass, and Momentum; 3.1 General Transfer Equation; 3.2 Molecular Transfer Processes; 3.2.1 Momentum and Viscosity; 3.2.2 Heat and Thermal Conductivity; 3.2.3 Mass Transfer and Diffusivity; 3.3 Diffusion Coefficients 3.3.1 Resistances to Transfer3.3.1.1 Alternative Units for Resistance and Conductance; 3.4 Diffusion of Particles (Brownian Motion); 3.5 Problems; 4 Transport of Radiant Energy; 4.1 The Origin and Nature of Radiation; 4.1.1 Absorption and Emission of Radiation; 4.1.2 Full or Black Body Radiation; 4.1.3 Wien's Law; 4.1.4 Stefan's Law; 4.1.5 Planck's Law; 4.1.6 Quantum Unit; 4.1.7 Radiative Exchange: Small Temperature Differences; 4.2 Spatial Relations; 4.2.1 Cosine Law for Emission and Absorption; 4.2.2 Reflection; 4.2.3 Radiance and Irradiance; 4.2.4 Attenuation of a Parallel Beam 4.3 Problems5 Radiation Environment; 5.1 Solar Radiation; 5.1.1 Solar Constant; 5.1.2 Sun-Earth Geometry; 5.1.3 Spectral Quality; 5.2 Attenuation of Solar Radiation in the Atmosphere; 5.3 Solar Radiation at the Ground; 5.3.1 Direct Radiation; 5.3.2 Diffuse Radiation; 5.3.3 Angular Distribution of Diffuse Radiation; 5.3.4 Total (Global) Radiation; 5.3.4.1 Spectrum of Total Solar Radiation; 5.4 Terrestrial Radiation; 5.4.1 Terrestrial Radiation from Cloudless Skies; 5.4.2 Terrestrial Radiation from Cloudy Skies; 5.5 Net Radiation; 5.6 Problems 6 Microclimatology of Radiation (i) Radiative Properties of Natural Materials6.1 Radiative Properties of Natural Materials; 6.1.1 Water; 6.1.1.1 Reflection; 6.1.1.2 Transmission; 6.1.2 Soils, Metals, and Glass; 6.1.3 Leaves; 6.1.4 Canopies of Vegetation; 6.1.5 Animals; 6.2 Problems; 7 Microclimatology of Radiation 0pt (ii) Radiation Interception by Solid Structures; 7.1 Geometric Principles; 7.1.1 Direct Solar Radiation; 7.1.1.1 Shape Factors; 7.1.2 Diffuse Radiation; 7.1.2.1 Shape Factors; 7.2 Problems; 8 Microclimatology of Radiation (iii) Interception by Plant Canopies and Animal Coats 8.1 Interception of Radiation by Plant Canopies |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814622403321 |
Monteith John L | ||
Oxford, England, : Academic Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ticks of the southern cone of America : diagnosis, distribution and hosts with taxonomy, ecology and sanitary importance / / Santiago Nava, [and four others] |
Autore | Nava Santiago |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Academic Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (374 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 370.1 |
Soggetto topico | Ecology |
ISBN | 0-12-811076-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910583087003321 |
Nava Santiago | ||
London, England : , : Academic Press, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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