Atmospheric Radiation: Theoretical Basis

by Richard M. Goody, R.M. Goody, Y.L. Yung

Book Overview

A complete revision of Goody's classic 1964 work, this volume offers a systematic discussion of atmospheric radiation processes that today are at the center of worldwide study and concern. It deals with the ways in which incident solar radiation is transformed into scattered and thermal radiation, and the thermodynamic consequences for the Earth's gaseous envelope, identifying aspects of the interaction between radiation and atmospheric motions as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195102916
• ISBN13: 9780195102918
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"