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Books in Physics of the earth and the atmosphere

  • Modern Cosmology

    • 3rd Edition
    • Scott Dodelson + 1 more
    • English
    Modern Cosmology, Third Edition provides a detailed introduction to the field of cosmology. Beginning with the smooth, homogeneous universe described by a Friedmann-Lemaître-R... metric, this trusted resource includes careful treatments of dark energy, big bang nucleosynthesis, recombination, and dark matter. The reader is then introduced to perturbations about an FLRW universe: their evolution with the Einstein-Boltzmann equations, their primordial generation by inflation, and their observational consequences: the acoustic peaks in the CMB; the E/B decomposition in polarization; gravitational lensing of the CMB and large-scale structure; and the BAO standard ruler and redshift-space distortions in galaxy clustering.This revised third edition includes updates such as new sections on gravitational waves, line intensity mapping, and emergent analysis techniques; expanded sections of CMB secondaries; and revised figures and pedagogy. These revisions serve to enhance a comprehensive foundational text, as well as provide users with improvements that are aligned with recent advances in the field, as well as modern focuses in the classroom.

  • The Dynamic Loss of Earth's Radiation Belts

    From Loss in the Magnetosphere to Particle Precipitation in the Atmosphere
    • 1st Edition
    • Allison Jaynes + 1 more
    • English
    The Dynamic Loss of Earth's Radiation Belts: From Loss in the Magnetosphere to Particle Precipitation in the Atmosphere presents a timely review of data from various explorative missions, including the Van Allen Probes, the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (which aims to determine magnetopause losses), the completion of four BARREL balloon campaigns, and several CubeSat missions focusing on precipitation losses. This is the first book in the area to include a focus on loss, and not just acceleration and radial transport. Bringing together two communities, the book includes contributions from experts with knowledge in both precipitation mechanisms and the effects on the atmosphere. There is a direct link between what gets lost in the magnetospheric radiation environment and the energy deposited in the layers of our atmosphere. Very recently, NASA’s Living With a Star program identified a new, targeted research topic that addresses this question, highlighting the timeliness of this precise science. The Dynamic Loss of Earth's Radiation Belts brings together scientists from the space and atmospheric science communities to examine both the causes and effects of particle loss in the magnetosphere.

  • Introduction to Plasma Physics

    • 1st Edition
    • Gerard Belmont + 3 more
    • English
    Introduction to Plasma Physics presents the latest on plasma physics. Although plasmas are not very present in our immediate environment, there are still universal phenomena that we encounter, i.e., electric shocks and galactic jets. This book presents, in parallel, the basics of plasma theory and a number of applications to laboratory plasmas or natural plasmas. It provides a fresh look at concepts already addressed in other disciplines, such as pressure and temperature. In addition, the information provided helps us understand the links between fluid theories, such as MHD and the kinetic theory of these media, especially in wave propagation.

  • Experiments in Reduced Gravity

    Sediment Settling on Mars
    • 1st Edition
    • Nikolaus Kuhn
    • English
    Experiments in Reduced Gravity: Sediment Settling on Mars is the first book to be published that reflects experiments conducted on Martian geomorphology in reduced gravity. This brief yet important book on sediment experiments assesses the theoretical and empirical foundation of the models used to analyze the increasing information we have on the past geography on Mars. The book also evaluates the need to develop new methods for analyzing new information by providing a conceptual outline and a case study on how experiments can be used to test current theoretical considerations. The conceptual approach to identifying the need for and role of experiments will be of interest to planetary scientists and geoscientists not necessarily involved with Mars, but those using experiments in their research who can apply the book’s concepts.

  • Spectral Analysis in Geophysics

    • 1st Edition
    • B.M. Båth
    • English

  • Electronic Methods

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 2
    • English

  • Composition, Deep Structure and Evolution of Continents

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 24
    • R.D. van der Hilst + 1 more
    • English
    The ensemble of manuscripts presented in this special volume captures the stimulating cross-disciplinary dialogue from the International Symposium on Deep Structure, Composition, and Evolution of Continents, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 15-17 October 1997. It will provide an update on recent research developments and serve as a starting point for research of the many outstanding issues.After its formation at mid-oceanic spreading centers, oceanic lithosphere cools, thickens, and subsides, until it subducts into the deep mantle beneath convergent margins. As a result of this continuous recycling process oceanic lithosphere is typically less than 200 million years old (the global average is about 80 Myr). A comprehensive, multi-disciplinary study of continents involves a wide range of length scales: tiny rock samples and diamond inclusions may yield isotope and trace element signatures diagnostic for the formation age and evolution of (parts of) cratons, while geophysical techniques (e.g., seismic and electromagnetic imaging) constrain variations of elastic and conductive properties over length scales ranging from several to many thousand kilometers. Integrating and reconciling this information is far from trivial and, as several papers in this volume document, the relationships between, for instance, formation age and tectonic behavior on the one hand and the seismic signature, heat flow, and petrology on the other may not be uniform but may vary both within as well as between cratons. These observations complicate attempts to determine the variations of one particular observable (e.g., heat flow, lithosphere thickness) as a function of another (e.g., crustal age) on the basis of global data compilations and tectonic regionalizations.Imp... conclusions of the work presented here are that (1) continental deformation, for instance shortening, is not restricted to the crust but also involves the lithospheric mantle; (2) the high wavespeed part of continental lithospheric mantle is probably thinner than inferred previously from vertically travelling body waves or form global surface-wave models; and (3) the seismic signature of ancient continents is more complex than expected from a uniform relationship with crustal age.

  • Physical Optics and Light Measurements

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 26
    • English

  • Geometrical and Instrumental Optics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 25
    • English

  • Neutron Scattering

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 23B
    • English

  • Geophysics Field Measurements

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 24B
    • English

  • Neutron Scattering

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 23C
    • English

  • Geophysics Laboratory Measurements

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 24A
    • English

  • Neutron Scattering

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 23A
    • English
    This work covers in some detail the application of neutron scattering to different fields of physics, materials science, chemistry, biology, the earth sciences and engineering. Its goal is to enable researchers in a particular area to identify aspects of their work in which neutron scattering techniques might contribute, conceive the important experiments to be done, assess what is required to carry them out, write a successful proposal for one of the major user facilities, and perform the experiments under the guidance of the appropriate instrument scientist. The authors of the various chapters take account of the advances in experimental techniques over the past 25 years--for example, neutron reflectivity and spin-echo spectroscopy and techniques for probing the dynamics of complex materials and biological systems. Furthermore, with the third-generation spallation sources recently constructed in the United States and Japan and in the advanced planning stage in Europe, there is an increasing interest in time-of-flight techniques and short wavelengths. Correspondingly, the improved performance of cold moderators at both reactors and spallation sources has extended the long-wavelength capabilities.

  • Solid State Physics

    Surfaces
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 22
    • English

  • Solid State

    Nuclear Methods
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 21
    • English

  • Biophysics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 20
    • English

  • Fluid Dynamics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 18B
    • English

  • Ultrasonics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 19
    • English

  • Fluid Dynamics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 18A
    • English

  • Accelerators

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 17
    • English

  • Molecular Structure and Dynamics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 16A
    • English

  • Crystal Structure and Morphology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 16B
    • English

  • Polymers Physical Properties

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 16C
    • English

  • Vacuum Physics and Technology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 14
    • English

  • Quantum Electronics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 15B
    • English

  • Quantum Electronics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 15A
    • English

  • Spectroscopy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 13B
    • English

  • Spectroscopy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 13A
    • English
    This volume attempts to cover the entire subject of spectroscopy from pair production in the gamma-ray region to dielectric loss in the low radio-frequency region. Defining spectroscopy as the study of the emission and absorption of electromagnetic radiation by matter, this book presents a general theory that is applicable throughout the entire range of the electromagnetic spectrum and show how the theory can be applied in gaining knowledge of the structure of matter from experimental measurements in all spectral regions. The book is intended for graduate students interested in acquiring a general knowledge of spectroscopy, for spectroscopists interested in acquiring knowledge of spectroscopy outside the range of their own specialties, and for other physicists and chemists who may be curious as to “what those spectroscopists have been up to” and as to what spectroscopists find so interesting about their own work.

  • Astrophysics

    Radio Telescopes
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 12B
    • English

  • Solid State Physics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 11
    • English

  • Astrophysis Optical and Infrared

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 12A
    • English

  • Physical Principles of Far-Infrared Radiation

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 10
    • English

  • Plasma Physics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 9B
    • English

  • Plasma Physics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 9A
    • English

  • Problems and Solutions for Students

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 8
    • English

  • Atomic and Electron Physics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 7B
    • English

  • Atomic and Electron Physics

    Atomic Interactions
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 7A
    • English

  • Atomic and Electron Physics

    Atomic Sources and Detectors
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 4A
    • English

  • Nuclear Physics. Part B

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 5B
    • English

  • Molecular Physics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 3
    • English

  • Nuclear Physics. Part A

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 5A
    • English

  • Classical Methods

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 1
    • English

  • Solid State Physics, Part B

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 6B
    • English

  • Solid State Physics, Part A

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 6A
    • English