Synopses & Reviews
'This comprehensive text describes the atmospheric processes, numerical methods, and computational techniques required for a scientist to successfully study air pollution and meteorology. Computer modeling has become a powerful tool in modern atmospheric sciences, combining the disciplines of meteorology, physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer sciences, and, to a lesser extent, geology, biology, microbiology, and oceanographic sciences. This text presents fundamental equations that have been developed for physical, chemical, and dynamical variables in the atmosphere, and it provides numerical methods to solve these equations. Along with classic methods of simulating dynamical meteorology, the text contains several numerical techniques for simulating gas and aerosol processes not available in any other text. The book has been developed from the author\'s graduate courses at Stanford University and contains homework and computer programming assignments. It is a valuable textbook for graduate and upper-level undergraduate courses in atmospheric sciences and meteorology departments. It will also be useful for courses in earth sciences, environmental sciences, and applied mathematics.'
Review
"Written by one of the young stars in atmospheric chemistry modeling, [this book] provides the reader with one-stop shopping for understanding the physical principles and computational methods behind the different components of atmospheric models. The presentation is very clear and designed to provide quick reference." Atmospheric Environment"...provides an overview of the dynamics, physical processes, and chemistry that are important to understanding atmospheric science...contains a tremendous amount of information." Bulletin of the AMS"The volume is about evenly divided between traditional topics found in an atmospheric dynamics text and topics that relate to atmospheric chemistry. In addition, three chapters are devoted to the discussion of techniques for solving the partial differential equations of atmospheric dynamics and the ordinary differential equations which describe the chemistry...recommended, for its intended purposes as a text for a rigorous course of study in air pollution meteorology and modeling. The book is also sufficiently comprehensive that it will serve as a useful reference for both atmospheric chemistry and dynamics." Applied Mechanical Review
Synopsis
Comprehensive graduate text describing the atmospheric processes, numerical methods, and computational techniques needed for those studying air pollution and meteorology.
Table of Contents
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Atmospheric structure, composition, and thermodynamics; 3. The continuity and thermodynamic energy equations; 4. The momentum equation in cartesian and spherical coordinates; 5. Vertical coordinate conversions; 6. Numerical solutions to partial differential equations; 7. Finite differencing the equations of atmospheric dynamics; 8. Boundary layer processes; 9. Cloud thermodynamics; 10. Radiative energy transfer; 11. Gas-phase species, chemical reactions, and reaction rates; 12. Urban, free tropospheric and stratospheric chemistry; 13. Methods of solving chemical ordinary differential equations; 14. Particle components, size distributions, and size structures; 15. Aerosol emissions and nucleation; 16. Coagulation; 17. Condensation, evaporation, deposition, and sublimation; 18. Chemical equilibrium and dissolution processes; 19. Aqueous chemistry; sedimentation and dry deposition; 21. Model design, application, and testing; Appendix A. Conversions; Constants; Lists of symbols; Appendix B. Tables; References; Index.