Atmospheric Turbulence A Molecular Dynamics Perspective [Hardcover]

This book, authored by a well-known researcher and expositor in meteorology, focuses on the direct link between molecular dynamics, turbulence theory, fluid mechanics and non equilibrium statistical mechanics, it is relevant to the fields of applied mathematics, physics and atmospheric sciences, and focuses on fluid flow and turbulence, as well as on temperature, radiative transfer and chemistry. With extensive references and glossary, this is an ideal text for graduates and researchers in meteorology, applied mathematics and physical chemistry.

Tuck's book concentrates on the subtle relationships between molecular dynamics, vorticity, turbulence, radiative transfer and chemical processes in the atmosphere in the presence of external factors (gravity, rotation and solar beam). Also, a unique collection containing 12 instructive, mostly scientific, quotations is included. The book is supplemented with up-to-date references, a very useful glossary and a comprehensive index...can be recommended to advanced students and researchers with a deep interest in atmospheric sciences. --Pure Applied Geophysics