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Zusatztext This is the book I actually used the most in my career to understand what I was trying to do with infrared instruments to study the atmospheres of the Earth and planets from spacecraft ... 'Goody' is still the Bible Klappentext Earth, like the other inner planets, receives virtually all of its energy from space in the form of solar electromagnetic radiation. The Earth's total heat content does not vary significantly with time, indicating a close overall balance between absorbed solar radiation and the diffuse stream of low-temperature, thermal radiation emitted by the plant. This book, a reprint of the second edition of Goody's classic work, is concerned with the interaction of solar electromagnetic energy with planetary atmospheres, the subsequent redistribution of this energy, and its ultimate return to space as terrestrial thermal radiation. Zusammenfassung This reissued work is concerned with the interaction of solar electromagnetic energy with planetary atmospheres, the subsequent redistribution of this energy, and its ultimate return to space as terrestrial thermal radiation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Theory of Radiative Transfer 2: Vibration-Rotation Spectra of Gaseous Molecules 3: Band Models 4: Absorption by Atmospheric Gases 5: Radiation Calculations in a Clear Atmosphere 6: Extinction by Molecules and Droplets 7: Radiative Transfer in a Scattering Atmosphere 8: Atmospheres in Radiative Equilibrium 9: Evolution of a Thermal Disturbance Appendix 1: Physical constants Appendix 2: Spectroscopic units Appendix 3: A model atmosphere Appendix 4: Properties of water vapor Appendix 5: The Planck function Appendix 6: The exponential integrals Appendix 7: The Ladenburg and Reiche function Appendix 8: The Elsasser function Appendix 9: The physical state of the sun
