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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: F.T. Nieuwstadt , H. Van DopPublisher: Springer Imprint: Kluwer Academic Publishers Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984 Volume: 1 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.660kg ISBN: 9789027718075ISBN 10: 9027718075 Pages: 358 Publication Date: 30 June 1984 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1. Equations and Concepts.- 1.1. Introduction.- 1.2. Governing Equations.- 1.3. Equations of the Mean Flow.- 1.4. Discussion of the Boussinesq Approximations and the Conservation of Enthalpy Equation.- 1.5. Summary of the Boussinesq Set of Equations.- 1.6. The Closure Problem, First-Order Closure.- 1.7. Second-Order Variance and Covariance Equations.- 1.8. The Turbulent Kinetic Energy Balance; Temperature Variance Balance.- 2. Similarity Relations, Scaling Laws and Spectral Dynamics.- 2.1. Introduction.- 2.2. Rossby-Number Similarity.- 2.3. Diabatic Extension of Rossby-Number Similarity.- 2.4. Monin-Obukhov Similarity in the Surface Layer.- 2.5. Scaling of Turbulence Quantities in the Surface Layer.- 2.6. Scaling of Turbulence Outside the Surface Layer.- 2.7. Correlation Functions and Spectra.- 2.8. Inertial Subranges.- 3. Boundary-Layer Modeling.- 3.1. The calculation of boundary-layer structure.- 3.2. Ensemble-average models.- 3.3. Volume-Average Models.- 4. Observed Characteristics of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. Convective Boundary Layer.- 4.3. Stable Boundary Layer.- 4.4. Concluding Remarks.- 5. Diffusion in the Convective Boundary Layer.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. Formulation of a Lagrangian Diffusion Model.- 5.3. Numerical Simulations of Non-Buoyant Material Diffusion and Comparisons With Observations.- 5.4. The Structure of Turbulence in the Convective Boundary Layer.- 5.5. Formulas for Application.- 5.6. Dispersion of Buoyant Emissions in a Convective Boundary Layer.- 6. Diffusion in the Stable Boundary Layer.- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. Basic Ideas about Molecular and Fluid Element Motion and Probability Distributions.- 6.3. Turbulent Diffusion in Idealized Flows.- 6.4. Turbulence Diffusion in the Stably-Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer.- 6.5. Concluding Remarks.- 7. Applications in Air Pollution Modeling.- 7.1. Introduction.- 7.2. Statistical Models of Diffusion.- 7.3. Improvements to the Gaussian Model.- 7.4. K-Diffusion Models.- 7.5. Progress in the Similarity Theory of Diffusion.- 7.6. Recent Special Applications.- 8. Report from the Panel Discussion.- 9. References.- Authors Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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