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Third Edition
By
John Monteith, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Physics, University of Nottingham
Mike Unsworth, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
Description
Environmental Physics concerns the description and analysis of physical processes that establish the conditions in which all
species of life survive and reproduce. The subject involves a synthesis of mathematical relations that describe the physical nature of
the environment and the many biological responses that environments evoke. Environmental Physics provides a basis for understanding
the complex responses of plants and animals to environmental change.
International concern with climate change has made both politicans
and the general public much more aware of the impact of local and global weather on all aspects of domestic life, industry and commerce. Environmental Physics has become more widely used by biologists, atmospheric scientists and climate modellers to specify interations
between surfaces and the atmosphere. This new edition contains further material on causes of global warming, applications of remote sensing,
and the carbon and water cycles of crops and forests.
Audience
Advanced undergraduate and graduate students in university departments of physics, atmospheric sciences, biological and environmental
sciences, research scientists in agriculture, forestry, hydrology and ecology in academia, government research and industry, natural
resource managers, environmental consultants and advisers in non-governmental organizations.
Contents
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
LIST OF SYMBOLS
1. SCOPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS
2. GAS LAWS
Pressure, volume and temperature
Specific
heats
Lapse rate
Water and water vapour
Other gases
3. TRANSPORT LAWS
General transfer equation
Molecular transfer processes
Diffusion coefficients
Radiation laws
4. RADIATION ENVIRONMENT
Solar radiation
Terrestrial radiation
Net radiation
5.
MICROCLIMATOLOGY OF RADIATION
(i) Interception
Direct solar radiation
Diffuse radiation
Radiation in crop canopies
6. MICROCLIMATOLOGY
OF RADIATION
(ii) Absorption and reflection
Radiative properties of natural materials
Net radiation
7. MOMENTUM TRANSFER
Boundary layers
Wind profiles and drag on uniform surfaces
Lodging and windthrow
8. HEAT TRANSFER
Convection
Non-dimensional
groups
Measurements of convection
Conduction
Insulation of animals
9. MASS TRANSFER
(i) Gases and water vapour
Non-dimensional
groups
Measurement of mass transfer
Ventilation
Mass transfer through pores
Coats and clothing
10.MASS TRANSFER (ii) Particles
Steady motion
11.STEADY STATE HEAT BALANCE
(i) Water surfaces and vegetation
Heat balance equation
Heat balance of thermometers
Heat balance of surfaces
Developments from the Penman Equation
12.STEADY STATE HEAT BALANCE
(ii) Animals
Heat balance components
The thermo-neutral diagram
Specification of the environment
Case studies
13.TRANSIENT HEAT BALANCE
Time constant
General
cases
Heat flow in soil
14.CROP MICROMETEOROLOGY
(i) Profiles and fluxes
Profiles
Profile equations and stability
Measurement
of flux above the canopy
15.CROP MICROMETEOROLOGY
(ii) Interpretation of measurements
Resistance analogues
Case studies:
Water vapour and transpiration
Carbon dioxide and growth
Sulphur dioxide and pollutant fluxes
to crops
Transport within
canopies
APPENDIX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
REFERENCES
INDEX
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Hardbound, 440 pages, publication date: OCT-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-505103-3
ISBN-10: 0-12-505103-4
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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