{"product_id":"atmospheric-thermodynamics-9780195099041","title":"Atmospheric Thermodynamics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive text is based on the authors course notes  refined and updated over 15 years of teaching. The core of the text focuses on water and its transformations. Four chapters lay the foundation  from energy conservation to the ideal gas law  specific heat capacities  adiabatic processes  and entropy. An extensive chapter treats phase transitions of water  and a lengthy discussion of the van der Waals equation sets the stage for phase diagrams. Free energy is applied to determining the effect of dissolved substances  total pressure  and size on vapor pressure. The chapter on moist air and clouds discusses wet-bulb and virtual temperatures  isentropic ascent of saturated air  thermodynamic diagrams  stability  and cloud formation. The final chapter covers energy  momentum  and mass transfer  topics not usually considered part of thermodynamics. Measurements are included and experiments and observations are suggested  all with the aim of breathing life into equations. The authors are careful to recognize and unafraid to criticize the treatments of thermodynamics that have been unchanged for more than a hundred years. Atmospheric Thermodynamics contains over 200 exercises  mostly applications of basic principles to concrete problems. Often inspired by inquisitive students and colleagues  the exercises cover everything from automobiles and airplanes to baseball  wind turbines  and ground hogs. The authors weave history into the text by drawing on original writings rather than using textbook anecdotes  and molecular interpretations are given wherever possible. Assumptions and approximations are carefully laid out  derivations are detailed  and equations are interpreted physically and applied. No previous knowledge of thermodynamics or kinetic theory is assumed  although students are expected to be well-grounded in calculus  differential equations  vector analysis  and classical mechanics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651846234165,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195099044","price":247.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195099041.jpg?v=1781842082","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/atmospheric-thermodynamics-9780195099041","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}