Book Description
Offers a concise description of atmospheric layers sensitively pitched for the non-meteorological specialist in a variety of disciplines: in geography, agriculture, forestry, ecology, engineering, environment and planning.
Author : T. R. Oke
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 38,84 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Boundary layer (Meteorology).
ISBN : 0415043190
Offers a concise description of atmospheric layers sensitively pitched for the non-meteorological specialist in a variety of disciplines: in geography, agriculture, forestry, ecology, engineering, environment and planning.
Author : T. R. Oke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 11,20 MB
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1134951345
Offers a concise description of atmospheric layers sensitively pitched for the non-meteorological specialist in a variety of disciplines: in geography, agriculture, forestry, ecology, engineering, environment and planning.
Author : T. R. Oke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 39,70 MB
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 1134951337
This modern climatology textbook explains those climates formed near the ground in terms of the cycling of energy and mass through systems.
Author : Tim Oke
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 39,78 MB
Release : 2015-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780415498104
First published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 25,26 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Boundary layer (Meteorology)
ISBN : 9780203715451
Author : T. R. Oke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 29,66 MB
Release : 2017-09-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 1108179363
Urban Climates is the first full synthesis of modern scientific and applied research on urban climates. The book begins with an outline of what constitutes an urban ecosystem. It develops a comprehensive terminology for the subject using scale and surface classification as key constructs. It explains the physical principles governing the creation of distinct urban climates, such as airflow around buildings, the heat island, precipitation modification and air pollution, and it then illustrates how this knowledge can be applied to moderate the undesirable consequences of urban development and help create more sustainable and resilient cities. With urban climate science now a fully-fledged field, this timely book fulfills the need to bring together the disparate parts of climate research on cities into a coherent framework. It is an ideal resource for students and researchers in fields such as climatology, urban hydrology, air quality, environmental engineering and urban design.
Author : J. R. Garratt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 10,95 MB
Release : 1994-04-21
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780521467452
The book gives a comprehensive and lucid account of the science of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). There is an emphasis on the application of the ABL to numerical modelling of the climate. The book comprises nine chapters, several appendices (data tables, information sources, physical constants) and an extensive reference list. Chapter 1 serves as an introduction, with chapters 2 and 3 dealing with the development of mean and turbulence equations, and the many scaling laws and theories that are the cornerstone of any serious ABL treatment. Modelling of the ABL is crucially dependent for its realism on the surface boundary conditions, and chapters 4 and 5 deal with aerodynamic and energy considerations, with attention to both dry and wet land surfaces and sea. The structure of the clear-sky, thermally stratified ABL is treated in chapter 6, including the convective and stable cases over homogeneous land, the marine ABL and the internal boundary layer at the coastline. Chapter 7 then extends the discussion to the cloudy ABL. This is seen as particularly relevant, since the extensive stratocumulus regions over the subtropical oceans and stratus regions over the Arctic are now identified as key players in the climate system. Finally, chapters 8 and 9 bring much of the book's material together in a discussion of appropriate ABL and surface parameterization schemes in general circulation models of the atmosphere that are being used for climate simulation.
Author : Jack E. Cermak
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 21,43 MB
Release : 1994-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780792332022
If one surveys the development of wind engineering, one comes to the conclusion that the challenge of urban climatology is one of the most important remaining tasks for the wind engineers. But what distinguishes wind engineering in urban areas from conventional wind engineering? Principally, the fact that the effects studied are usually unique to a particular situation, requiring consideration of the surroundings of the buildings. In the past, modelling criteria have been developed that make it possible to solve environmental problems with great confidence, and studies validated the models: at least in a neutrally stratified atmosphere. The approach adopted in the book is that of applied fluid mechanics, since this forms the basis for the evaluation of the urban wind field. Variables for air quality or loads are problem specific, or even random, and methods for studying them are based on risk analysis, which is also presented. Criteria are developed for a systematic approach to urban wind engineering problems, including parameter studies. The five sections of the book are: Fundamentals of urban boundary layer and dispersion; Forces on complex structures in built-up areas; Air pollution in cities; Numerical solution techniques; and Posters. A subject index is included.
Author : Roger G. Barry
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 16,27 MB
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1107145627
This book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive treatment of microclimate and local climate. It describes and explains the climate within the lower atmosphere and upper soil, the region critical to life on Earth. It is invaluable for advanced students and researchers in climatology, environmental science, geography, meteorology, agricultural science, and forestry.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 44,25 MB
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309477239
Improved observations of the atmospheric boundary layer (BL) and its interactions with the ocean, land, and ice surfaces have great potential to advance science on a number of fronts, from improving forecasts of severe storms and air quality to constraining estimates of trace gas emissions and transport. Understanding the BL is a crucial component of model advancements, and increased societal demands for extended weather impact forecasts (from hours to months and beyond) highlight the need to advance Earth system modeling and prediction. New observing technologies and approaches (including in situ and ground-based, airborne, and satellite remote sensing) have the potential to radically increase the density of observations and allow new types of variables to be measured within the BL, which will have broad scientific and societal benefits. In October 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop to explore the future of BL observations and their role in improving modeling and forecasting capabilities. Workshop participants discussed the science and applications drivers for BL observation, emerging technology to improve observation capabilities, and strategies for the future. This publication summarizes presentations and discussions from the workshop.