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Global Energetics of the Atmosphere

Earth–Atmosphere Equilibrium, Greenhouse Effect, and Climate Change

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Authors:
  1. Boris M. Smirnov

    1. Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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  • Analyzes carbon equilibrium between atmosphere and Earth’s surface, including data from carbon international program
  • Presents analysis of greenhouse effect taking into account trace components such as methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone
  • Gives a reliable and transparent physical picture of energetic phenomena

Part of the book series: Springer Atmospheric Sciences (SPRINGERATMO)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Boris M. Smirnov
    Pages 1-8

  3. Global Properties of Atmospheric Air

    • Boris M. Smirnov
    Pages 9-37

  4. Transport Processes in Atmospheric Air

    • Boris M. Smirnov
    Pages 39-64

  5. Condensation Processes in Atmosphere

    • Boris M. Smirnov
    Pages 65-88

  6. Energetics of the Earth

    • Boris M. Smirnov
    Pages 89-131

  7. Emission of the Atmosphere

    • Boris M. Smirnov
    Pages 133-168

  8. Greenhouse Effect in Varying Atmosphere

    • Boris M. Smirnov
    Pages 169-204

  9. Emission of Atmospheric Particles

    • Boris M. Smirnov
    Pages 205-236

  10. Equilibrium Radiation of Earth and Venus

    • Boris M. Smirnov
    Pages 237-259

  11. Physical Aspects of Climate Change

    • Boris M. Smirnov
    Pages 261-291

  12. Conclusion

    • Boris M. Smirnov
    Pages 293-297

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 299-301
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About this book

This book looks at global atmospheric processes from a physical standpoint using available current and past observational data taken from measurements of relevant atmospheric parameters. It describes various aspects of the current atmospheric state and its future evolution, focusing primarily on the energetic balance of the Earth and atmosphere, and taking into consideration the multi-faceted global equilibrium between these two systems, carbon, and water. The analysis presented in this book restricts itself to those objects and processes that allow us to obtain reliable conclusions and numerical estimations, in contrast to current climate models with much larger numbers of parameters for describing the same problems. As a result, in spite of the roughness of numerical parameters, the book unveils a reliable and transparent physical picture of energetic phenomena in the global atmosphere. In particular, it shows that approximately only one-fourth of atmospheric water returns from the atmosphere to the Earth in the form of free molecules. It was shown that the contemporary warming of our planet has an anthropogenic character, and that the average global temperature increases due to an increase of the concentration of atmospheric CO2 molecules, via an increase in atmospheric moisture, as well as an increase in the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere. Accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide plays a subsidiary role in this process and gives approximately one-third in a change of the global temperature, while an increase in the amount of atmospheric water by as little as only 0.3% per year explains the observed warming of the Earth. The book shows how the greenhouse instability of the atmosphere evidently has its origins in the Eocene epoch, presenting an analysis of the influence of various types of global energetic processes on the climate that differs from the official stance on these problems.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Boris M. Smirnov

About the author

Boris M. Smirnov was born in 1938 in Moscow. In 1962, he graduated from Moscow's Engineering-Physical Institute in theoretical nuclear physics and obtained his Doctor of Phys. Mat. Science in 1968. He became Professor of physics in 1970. Between 1962 and 1982, he was Head of Laboratory at the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy (Moscow), then from 1982 to 1986, Head of Laboratory at the Institute of Thermophysics (Novosibirsk), and from 1986, Head of Laboratory and Head of Department, and, currently, Main Scientist at the Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Science. B.M. Smirnov was Member of the editorial board of several journals of various publishers. He was Professor at the Moscow Power Institute, Novosibirsk, State University and the Moscow Institute of Science and Technology, and is Laureate of the National Prize of Russia. His research focuses on theoretical physics, atomic, molecular, cluster, plasma, and chemical physics. He is the author of 60 books and about 500 papers.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Global Energetics of the Atmosphere

  • Book Subtitle: Earth–Atmosphere Equilibrium, Greenhouse Effect, and Climate Change

  • Authors: Boris M. Smirnov

  • Series Title: Springer Atmospheric Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90008-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90007-6Published: 11 December 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-90010-6Published: 11 December 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-90008-3Published: 01 January 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2194-5217

  • Series E-ISSN: 2194-5225

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 301

  • Number of Illustrations: 70 b/w illustrations, 55 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Environmental Physics, Atmospheric Sciences, Thermodynamics, Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics, Climate, general

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