Micrometeorology

• Main Author: Foken, Thomas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Atmospheric sciences.; Geography.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Geophysics.; Climate change.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Climate Change.; Geography, general.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

This book focuses on atmospheric processes which directly effect human environments within the lowest 100-1000 meters of the atmosphere over regions of only a few kilometers in extent. The book is the English translation of the second edition of the German book "Applied Meteorology – Micrometeo...

Table of Contents:

• General Basics
• Basic Equations of Atmospheric Turbulence
• Specifics of the Near-Surface Turbulence
• Experimental Methods for Estimating the Fluxes of Energy and Matter
• Modeling of the Energy and Matter Exchange
• Measuring Technique
• Microclimatology
• Applied Meteorology.