An Introduction to Planetary Atmospheres

Providing a much-needed resource for this cross-disciplinary field, this text presents current knowledge on atmospheres and the fundamental mechanisms operating on them. It offers a unified scheme of the chemical and physical processes occurring in atmospheres and extends the theoretical foundations of an atmospheric topic to all planets and sat

List of contents

Introduction to Planets and Planetary Systems. Origin and Evolution of Planetary Atmospheres. Spectroscopy and Composition. Vertical Temperature Structure. Clouds in Planets. Upper and Tenuous Atmospheres. Global Atmospheric Motions. Atmospheric Dynamics-I: Waves. Atmospheric Dynamics-II: Instability. Appendix. Bibliography. References. Index.

About the author

Agustín Sánchez-Lavega is a professor of physics, head of the Department of Applied Physics I, and head of the Planetary Sciences Group at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in Bilbao, Spain. Between 2004 and 2006, he was a member of the Solar System Working Group of the European Space Agency. Dr. Sánchez-Lavega has authored more than 150 papers on the subject in refereed journals.

Summary

Providing a much-needed resource for this cross-disciplinary field, this text presents current knowledge on atmospheres and the fundamental mechanisms operating on them. It offers a unified scheme of the chemical and physical processes occurring in atmospheres and extends the theoretical foundations of an atmospheric topic to all planets and sat

Product details

• Authors: Agustin Sanchez-Lavega, Sanchez-Lavega Agustin
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032918082
• ISBN: 978-1-032-91808-2
• No. of pages: 630
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; SCIENCE / Physics / General, Geophysics, Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, Life sciences: general issues, Earth Sciences