Microphysics of Atmospheric Phenomena

• Main Author: Smirnov, Boris M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Atmospheric Sciences,
• Subjects: Physics.; Meteorology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Atoms.; Geophysics.; Environmental monitoring.; Air pollution.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.

This book investigates elementary processes in the Earth’s atmosphere involving photons, electrons, ions, radicals, and aerosols. It is based on global atmospheric models such as the standard atmospheric model with averaged atmospheric parameters across the globe and over time, the Earth’s energetic...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1 - Fundamentals of atmosphere and atmospheric processes
• Properties of neutral atmosphere
• Charged particles in atmosphere
• Electric processes in atmosphere
• Part 2 - Elementary and transport atmospheric processes
• Electron processes in atmospheric air
• Ion processes in atmospheric air
• Processes in dissociated air
• Atmospheric processes involving aerosols
• Part 3 - Radiative processes in the earth
• Photoionization atmospheric processes
• Infrared atmospheric emission
• Local atmospheric photo-processes.