Environmental Physics

Egbert Boeker 지음

Wiley 2011년 07월 11일 출간

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This thoroughly revised and updated third edition focuses on the utilization of sustainable energy and mitigating climate change, serving as an introduction to physics in the context of societal problems. A distinguishing feature of the text is the discussion of spectroscopy and spectroscopic methods as a crucial means to quantitatively analyze and monitor the condition of the environment, the factors determining climate change, and all aspects of energy conversion. This textbook will be invaluable to students in physics and related subjects, and supplementary materials are available on a companion website.

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Preface xiiiAcknowledgements xv1 Introduction 11.1 A Sustainable Energy Supply 11.2 The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change 31.3 Light Absorption in Nature as a Source of Energy 41.4 The Contribution of Science: Understanding, Modelling and Monitoring 52 Light and Matter 72.1 The Solar Spectrum 72.1.1 Radiation from a Black Body 72.1.2 Emission Spectrum of the Sun 92.2 Interaction of Light with Matter 122.2.1 Electric Dipole Moments of Transitions 122.2.2 Einstein Coefficients 142.2.3 Absorption of a Beam of Light: Lambert-Beer&-s Law 162.3 Ultraviolet Light and Biomolecules 192.3.1 Spectroscopy of Biomolecules 202.3.2 Damage to Life from Solar UV 212.3.3 The Ozone Filter as Protection 223 Climate and Climate Change 313.1 The Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere 323.2 The Radiation Balance and the Greenhouse Effect 363.3 Dynamics in the Climate System 513.3.1 Horizontal Motion of Air 533.3.2 Vertical Motion of Ocean Waters 583.3.3 Horizontal Motion of Ocean Waters 593.4 Natural Climate Variability 593.5 Modelling Human-Induced Climate Change 623.5.1 The Carbon Cycle 633.5.2 Structure of Climate Modelling 663.5.3 Modelling the Atmosphere 673.5.4 A Hierarchy of Models 703.6 Analyses of IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 703.7 Forecasts of Climate Change 704 Heat Engines&774.1 Heat Transfer and Storage 784.1.1 Conduction 794.1.2 Convection 824.1.3 Radiation 824.1.4 Phase Change 834.1.5 The Solar Collector 844.1.6 The Heat Diffusion Equation 874.1.7 Heat Storage 904.2 Principles of Thermodynamics 914.2.1 First and Second Laws 914.2.2 Heat and Work; Carnot Efficiency 954.2.3 Efficiency of a 'Real' Heat Engine 974.2.4 Second Law Efficiency 984.2.5 Loss of Exergy in Combustion 1014.3 Idealized Cycles 1034.3.1 Carnot Cycle 1034.3.2 Stirling

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저자(글) Egbert Boeker

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Egbert Boekeris a retired Professor from the Free University of Amsterdam with a career in which he taught virtually all of the undergraduate courses in physics.Rienk van Grondelle is a Professor in the Department of Biophysics and Physics of Complex Systems at the Free University of Amsterdam. He is performing research in biophysics and teaching not only to physics students but also to biology students. He is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences.