Overview

During the last three decades, it has become increasingly clear that atmospheric modelling and remote sounding of the atmosphere from space, to name just two important application areas, are affected by non-equilibrium processes which have not been incorporated into traditional radiative transfer calculations. These processes, dubbed ""non-LTE"", are therefore the subject of growing interest among scholars and researchers dealing with the upper atmosphere. This book provides a comprehensive and ""global"" description of non-LTE infrared emissions in the atmosphere of the Earth and other planets, starting with the theoretical foundations and progressing to the most important applications. Besides giving an introduction to this complex subject, it is a guide to the state-of-the-art in incorporating non-LTE processes into radiative transfer algorithms and computer models of the atmosphere. Numerous examples are presented of the application of these methods to: atmospheric remote sensing, atmospheric energy budget (cooling and heating rate) calculations, and atmospheres other than the Earth's.

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Author:   Manuel Lopez-puertas (Inst De Astrofisica De Andalucia Csic, Spain) ,  Fredric William Taylor (Univ Of Oxford, Uk) ,  M. Lopez Puertas (Instituto de Astrof sica de Andaluc a, CSIC, Spain)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   1.007kg
ISBN:  

9789810245665

ISBN 10:   9810245661
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   13 December 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Molecular spectra; basic atmospheric radiative transfer; solutions to the radiative transfer equation in LTE; solutions to the radiative transfer equation in non-LTE; non-LTE modelling of the Earth's atmosphere I - CO2; non-LTE modelling of the Earth's atmosphere II - other infrared emitters; remote sensing of the non-LTE atmosphere; cooling and heating rates; non-LTE in planetary atmospheres.

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