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This text on the atmospheric boundary layer assumes no previous knowledge of the subject and the material has been selected to introduce the reader to the important ideas and applications. It should be particularly appropriate as an introduction to the subject for engineers. The first four chapters define and describe the atmospheric boundary layer. Thermodynamic and fluid kinematic considerations are introduced, and one chapter is devoted to the description of turbulent motion in the boundary layer of the atmosphere. The fifth chapter is a very useful presentation on dimensional methods and similarity. In Chapter 6, the complex turbulent flow over the surface of the earth is approximated by flow over the half-space of a flat plate for a neutrally stratified fluid. The final chapter describes the first 50 meters, the so-called surface layer, with reference to asymptotic theories and reliable observations.

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Author:   R. S. Azad
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1993 ed.
Volume:   17
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   2.220kg
ISBN:  

9780792321873

ISBN 10:   0792321871
Pages:   574
Publication Date:   31 March 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

1. General Description of Atmospheric Boundary Layer.- 1.1 Preliminary.- 1.2 Definition and Significance of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer.- 1.3 The Coriolis Force.- 1.4 Thermal Conditions in Atmosphere.- 1.5 Nature of Flow.- 1.6 Boundary Layer Structure.- 1.7 Micrometeorology.- 2. Thermodynamics of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer.- 2.1 Physical Variables.- 2.2 The Equation of State.- 2.3 Work done by an Expanding Gas.- 2.4 First Law of Thermodynamics.- 2.5 Latent Heats.- 2.6 Adiabatic Processes.- 2.7 Hydrostatic Equilibrium.- 2.8 Moist Air in Atmosphere.- 2.9 Vertical Stability and Convection.- 2.10 The Second Law of Thermodynamics.- 3. Kinematics of Fluid Motion.- 3.1 Equation of Continuity.- 3.2 Acceleration Field of Moving Fluid.- 3.3 Dilatation or Expansion.- 3.4 Reynolds’ Transport Theorem.- 3.5 Dynamic State of Fluid Motion.- 3.6 The Stress Tensor.- 3.7 The Rate of Deformation Tensor.- 3.8 Relationship between $${\hat P_{ik}}$$ and vik.- 3.9 Pik = - P ?ik$${\hat P_{ik}}$$.- 4. Equations Describing Turbulent Motion in the Boundary Layer of the Atmosphere.- 4.1 Equations of Fluid Motion.- 4.2 Momentum Equation in Noninertial Frame of Coordinate System.- 4.3 The Vorticity Equation.- 4.4 The Pressure Equation.- 4.5 Heat Conduction in Fluids.- 4.6 Conservation of Moisture.- 4.7 Turbulence.- 4.8 Equations Governing The Mean Turbulent Field.- 4.9 Equations for Second Moments of Fluctuating Quantities in Turbulent Field.- 5. Dimensional Analysts and Similarity.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Dimensional Formulae.- 5.3 Nature of the Functional Relations Between Physical Quantities.- 5.4 Procedure for Obtaining a Complete Set of Dimensionless Parameters.- 5.5 Classification of Self-Similarity Solutions.- 5.6 Application of Similarity.- 6. Basics of Usual Turbulent Boundarylayer; Neutrally Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 The Reynolds Stress Tensor and Turbulent Heat Flux Density near a Wall.- 6.3 Mean Velocity Profile in Close Proximity to a Rigid Wall.- 6.4 Viscous Sublayer and Logarithmic Boundary Layer in Flow Close to a Smooth Wall.- 6.5 Flow Along a Rough Wall. Roughness Parameter and Displacement Height.- 6.6 Turbulent Boundary Layer on a Flat Plate.- 6.7 Distribution of Concentration of a Passive Admixture Close to a Wall; Mass-and Heat-Transfer in a Turbulent Boundary Layer.- 6.8 General Perception of Viscosity and Thermal Diffusivity.- 6.9 Further Implications of Richardson Number.- 6.10 Use of Semiempirical Equations for the Description of Turbulence in the Planetary Boundary Layer of the Atmosphere.- 7. the Atmospheric Surface Layer.- 7.1 The Atmospheric Surface Layer Modelled by Thermally Stratified Turbulent Boundary Layer.- 7.2 Use of Dimensional Methods to Turbulence in a Stratified Medium.- 7.3 The Structure of the Universal Functions Characterizing Turbulence in a Stratified Medium.- 7.4 Extended Examination of the Universal Functions; Interpolation Formulae and Semiempirical Formulae.- 7.5 General Similarity Hypothesis for a Turbulent Stratified Boundary Layer and its use in Turbulent Fluctuations.- 7.6 Comparison of the Theoretical Results with Experimental Observations.- 7.7 Measurement Techniques for Turbulent Fluxes of Momentum, Heat, and Water Vapour.- 7.8 Acquisition of Turbulent Fluxes from Data on Profiles of Meteorological Variables.- 7.9 Behaviour of Fluctuations of Wind Velocity and Temperature in the Atmospheric Surface Layer.- References.

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