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Atmospheric Physics

Background – Methods – Trends

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  • Presents more than 51 outstanding contributions of DLR-IPA to Atmospheric science
  • Gives a specific reference to Aerospace aspects
  • Prepared for educated laymen readers
  • Understandable without the need to read references
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Research Topics in Aerospace (RTA)

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Table of contents (51 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxix
  2. Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Chemical Composition of the Atmosphere

      • Hans Schlager, Volker Grewe, Anke Roiger
      Pages 17-35
    3. Aerosols in the Atmosphere

      • Andreas Petzold, Bernd Kärcher
      Pages 37-53
    4. Earth’s Radiation Budget: The Driver for Weather and Climate

      • Ralf Meerkötter, Margarita Vázquez-Navarro
      Pages 55-67
    5. Light Scattering on Molecules in the Atmosphere

      • Benjamin Witschas
      Pages 69-83
    6. Greenhouse Effect, Radiative Forcing and Climate Sensitivity

      • Michael Ponater, Simone Dietmüller, Robert Sausen
      Pages 85-100
    7. Thunderstorms: Thermodynamics and Organization

      • Tobias Zinner, Pieter Groenemeijer
      Pages 101-114
    8. Thunderstorms: Trace Species Generators

      • Heidi Huntrieser, Hartmut Höller, Volker Grewe
      Pages 115-133
    9. Ice Supersaturation

      • Klaus Gierens, Peter Spichtinger, Ulrich Schumann
      Pages 135-150
    10. Atmospheric Ice Formation Processes

      • Bernd Kärcher
      Pages 151-167
    11. Detection and Analysis of Water Vapor Transport

      • Christoph Kiemle, Andreas Schäfler, Christiane Voigt
      Pages 169-184
    12. Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants

      • Anke Roiger, Heidi Huntrieser, Hans Schlager
      Pages 185-201
    13. Atmospheric Acoustics

      • Dietrich Heimann, Arthur Schady, Joseph Feng
      Pages 203-217
    14. Contrails: Visible Aviation Induced Climate Impact

      • Ulrich Schumann, Kaspar Graf, Hermann Mannstein, Bernhard Mayer
      Pages 239-257
  3. Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 259-259
  4. Methods

    1. Measurements of Nitrogen Oxides and Related Trace Gases

      • Helmut Ziereis, Paul Stock, Hans Schlager
      Pages 261-276
    2. Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometric Measurements of Atmospheric Trace Gases

      • Heinfried Aufmhoff, Dominik Schäuble, Anke Roiger, Frank Arnold, Tina Jurkat, Christiane Voigt et al.
      Pages 277-296

About this book

 On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), this book presents more than 50 chapters highlighting results of the institute’s research.

The book provides an up-to-date, in-depth survey across the entire field of atmospheric science, including atmospheric dynamics, radiation, cloud physics, chemistry, climate, numerical simulation, remote sensing, instruments and measurements, as well as atmospheric acoustics.

The authors have provided a readily comprehensible and self-contained presentation of the complex field of atmospheric science. The topics are of direct relevance for aerospace science and technology. Future research challenges are identified.

Editors and Affiliations

  • und Raumfahrt, DLR-Institut fuer Physik der Atmosphaere, Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft-, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

    Ulrich Schumann

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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