Principles of Environmental Physics
- 2nd Edition - February 15, 1990
- Authors: John Monteith, Mike Unsworth
- Language: English
Principles of Environmental Physics discusses the physical processes which determine how living organisms respond to their environment. The authors review the relevant basic… Read more
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Description
Description
Principles of Environmental Physics discusses the physical processes which determine how living organisms respond to their environment. The authors review the relevant basic physics and discuss radiation and heat exchange, and mass and momentum transfer; applying these principles to the heat balance of plants and animals and to the micrometereology of crops.
The new edition has been thoroughly revised, including further material on topics such as the effect of aerosol on solar radiation at the ground; transmission of radiation in crop stands; radiative properties; and remote sensing.
Thoroughly revised and up-dated edition of a highly successful textbook.
The latest information concerning the large scale effects of the breakdown of the ozone layer on plants and animals if fully dicussed.
Modern techniques, particularly remote sensing via satellites, are fully discussed.
The new edition has been thoroughly revised, including further material on topics such as the effect of aerosol on solar radiation at the ground; transmission of radiation in crop stands; radiative properties; and remote sensing.
Thoroughly revised and up-dated edition of a highly successful textbook.
The latest information concerning the large scale effects of the breakdown of the ozone layer on plants and animals if fully dicussed.
Modern techniques, particularly remote sensing via satellites, are fully discussed.
Key features
Key features
Thoroughly revised and up-dated edition of a highly successful textbookThe latest information concerning the large scale effects of the breakdown of the ozone layer on plants and animals is fully discussedModern techniques, particularly remote sensing via satellites, are fully discussed
Readership
Readership
Second and third year undergraduate students of environmental physics, environmental science, biophysics, biology, agriculture, horticulture and ecology.
Table of contents
Table of contents
Scope of Environmental Physics * Gas Laws * Transport Laws * Radiation Environment * Microclimatology of Radiation (i) Interception * Microclimatology of Radiation (ii) Absorbtion and reflection * Momentum Transfer * Heat Transfer * Mass Transfer (i) Gases and water vapour * Mass Transfer (ii) particles * Steady State Heat Balance (i) Water Surfaces * Steady State Heat Balance (ii) Animals * Transient Heat Balance *Crop Micrometerology (i) Profiles and fluxes * Crop Micrometeorology (ii) Interpretation of measurements * Appendix * Bibliography * References * Index
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Published: February 15, 1990
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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John Monteith
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor of Environmental Physics, University of Nottingham, UKMU
Mike Unsworth
Michael Unsworth is Professor Emeritus of Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres at Oregon State University. He has also been a Visiting Professor at the University of Southampton and the NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Before his tenure at Oregon State University, he was Professor and ultimately Dean of the Faulty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at Nottingham University. He has also served as Head of Station and the NERC Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Edinburgh Research Station and Director at the Center for Analysis of Environmental Change. His work specializes in environmental physics, microclimatology, and agricultural and forest meteorology. He has published numerous journal articles, book chapters, and books on these topics over his prolific career of more than 50 years.
Affiliations and expertise
Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
Michael Unsworth is Professor Emeritus of Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres at Oregon State University.