Author: Stuart D. Jordan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Solar atmosphere
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
A new approximate method is developed for calculating the temperature distribution in an atmosphere where local mechanical-energy dissipation is balanced by local net radiative loss in one or more spectral lines for which the atmosphere is optically thick. The method uncouples the equations of radiative transfer for the individual spectral lines from the energy-conservation equation and from each other. This permits a solution of each individual transfer equation for the radiation field in each line. These results, used in the energy-conservation equation, yield the temperature distribution if the optical depth ratio of the spectral lines at each point is known. The method is applied to selected strong resonance lines in the solar chromosphere.
The Temperature Distribution in the Solar Chromosphere
Author: Stuart D. Jordan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Solar atmosphere
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
A new approximate method is developed for calculating the temperature distribution in an atmosphere where local mechanical-energy dissipation is balanced by local net radiative loss in one or more spectral lines for which the atmosphere is optically thick. The method uncouples the equations of radiative transfer for the individual spectral lines from the energy-conservation equation and from each other. This permits a solution of each individual transfer equation for the radiation field in each line. These results, used in the energy-conservation equation, yield the temperature distribution if the optical depth ratio of the spectral lines at each point is known. The method is applied to selected strong resonance lines in the solar chromosphere.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Solar atmosphere
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
A new approximate method is developed for calculating the temperature distribution in an atmosphere where local mechanical-energy dissipation is balanced by local net radiative loss in one or more spectral lines for which the atmosphere is optically thick. The method uncouples the equations of radiative transfer for the individual spectral lines from the energy-conservation equation and from each other. This permits a solution of each individual transfer equation for the radiation field in each line. These results, used in the energy-conservation equation, yield the temperature distribution if the optical depth ratio of the spectral lines at each point is known. The method is applied to selected strong resonance lines in the solar chromosphere.
Encyclopedia of World Climatology
Author: John E. Oliver
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402032641
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 873
Book Description
Today, given the well-publicized impacts of events such as El Niño, there is an unequaled public awareness of how climate affects the quality of life and environment. Such awareness has created an increasing demand for accurate climatological information. This information is now available in one convenient, accessible source, the Encyclopedia of World Climatology. This comprehensive volume covers all the main subfields of climatology, supplies information on climates in major continental areas, and explains the intricacies of climatic processes. The level of presentation will meet the needs of specialists, university students, and educated laypersons. A successor to the 1986 Encyclopedia of Climatology, this compendium provides a clear explanation of current knowledge and research directions in modern climatology. This new encyclopedia emphasizes climatological developments that have evolved over the past twenty years. It offers more than 200 informative articles prepared by 150 experts on numerous subjects, ranging from standard areas of study to the latest research studies. The relationship between climatology and both physical and social science is fully explored, as is the significance of climate for our future well-being. The information is organized for speedy access. Entries are conveniently arranged in alphabetical order, thoroughly indexed, and cross-referenced. Every entry contains useful citations to additional source materials. The Editor John E. Oliver is Professor Emeritus at Indiana State University. He holds a B.Sc. from London University, and a MA and Ph.D from Columbia University. He taught at Columbia University and then at Indiana State where he was formerly Chair of the Geography-Geology Department, and Assoc iate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences. He has written many books and journal articles in Climatology, Applied Climatology and Physical Geography.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402032641
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 873
Book Description
Today, given the well-publicized impacts of events such as El Niño, there is an unequaled public awareness of how climate affects the quality of life and environment. Such awareness has created an increasing demand for accurate climatological information. This information is now available in one convenient, accessible source, the Encyclopedia of World Climatology. This comprehensive volume covers all the main subfields of climatology, supplies information on climates in major continental areas, and explains the intricacies of climatic processes. The level of presentation will meet the needs of specialists, university students, and educated laypersons. A successor to the 1986 Encyclopedia of Climatology, this compendium provides a clear explanation of current knowledge and research directions in modern climatology. This new encyclopedia emphasizes climatological developments that have evolved over the past twenty years. It offers more than 200 informative articles prepared by 150 experts on numerous subjects, ranging from standard areas of study to the latest research studies. The relationship between climatology and both physical and social science is fully explored, as is the significance of climate for our future well-being. The information is organized for speedy access. Entries are conveniently arranged in alphabetical order, thoroughly indexed, and cross-referenced. Every entry contains useful citations to additional source materials. The Editor John E. Oliver is Professor Emeritus at Indiana State University. He holds a B.Sc. from London University, and a MA and Ph.D from Columbia University. He taught at Columbia University and then at Indiana State where he was formerly Chair of the Geography-Geology Department, and Assoc iate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences. He has written many books and journal articles in Climatology, Applied Climatology and Physical Geography.
Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards
Author: United States. National Bureau of Standards
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Author:
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 1390
Book Description
Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.
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ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 1390
Book Description
Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.
Nuclear Science Abstracts
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
The Stars
Author: Evry L. Schatzman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540541967
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Following an introductory chapter on stellar fundamentals, the story begins of the lives and deaths of the stars. The authors take us on a journey from the sun, a comparatively young star, to supernovae - manifestations of dramatic death. On the way, the reader, advanced undergraduate or beginning postgraduate, is presented with such topics as stellar evolution, the hydrodynamics of stellar interiors, variability, and solar and stellar activity. This comprehensive but rigorous text, building on the theoretical and observational advances of recent years - for instance, astrophysical theory in the light of Supernova 1987A - is required reading for all serious students of astronomy.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540541967
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Following an introductory chapter on stellar fundamentals, the story begins of the lives and deaths of the stars. The authors take us on a journey from the sun, a comparatively young star, to supernovae - manifestations of dramatic death. On the way, the reader, advanced undergraduate or beginning postgraduate, is presented with such topics as stellar evolution, the hydrodynamics of stellar interiors, variability, and solar and stellar activity. This comprehensive but rigorous text, building on the theoretical and observational advances of recent years - for instance, astrophysical theory in the light of Supernova 1987A - is required reading for all serious students of astronomy.
The Solar Chromosphere and Corona: Quiet Sun
Author: R.G. Athay
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401017158
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
The widespread tendency in solar physics to divide the solar atmosphere into separate layers and to distinguish phenomena of solar activity from phenomena of the quiet Sun emphasizes the wide ranging diversity of physical conditions and events occurring in the solar atmosphere. This diversity spans the range from a neutral, essentially quiescent atmosphere to a highly ionized, violently convective atmosphere; from a domain in which magnetic field effects are unimportant to a domain in which the magnetic pressure exceeds the gas pressure, and from a domain in which the particle motions are Maxwellian to a domain in which an appreciable fraction of the particles is accelerated to relativistic energies. It is now widely recognized that the chromosphere and corona have a common origin in the mechanical energy flux generated in the hydrogen convection zone lying beneath the photosphere. Furthermore, magnetic field phenomena appear to be as vital to the structure of th~ quiet Sun as to the active Sun. For these reasons it appears desirable to present a unified treatment of the entire solar atmosphere, both active and quiet, in a single volume. On the other hand, such a treatise must be very long if it is to avoid being superficial, and it is very difficult for a single author to write authoritatively on such a wide range of topics.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401017158
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
The widespread tendency in solar physics to divide the solar atmosphere into separate layers and to distinguish phenomena of solar activity from phenomena of the quiet Sun emphasizes the wide ranging diversity of physical conditions and events occurring in the solar atmosphere. This diversity spans the range from a neutral, essentially quiescent atmosphere to a highly ionized, violently convective atmosphere; from a domain in which magnetic field effects are unimportant to a domain in which the magnetic pressure exceeds the gas pressure, and from a domain in which the particle motions are Maxwellian to a domain in which an appreciable fraction of the particles is accelerated to relativistic energies. It is now widely recognized that the chromosphere and corona have a common origin in the mechanical energy flux generated in the hydrogen convection zone lying beneath the photosphere. Furthermore, magnetic field phenomena appear to be as vital to the structure of th~ quiet Sun as to the active Sun. For these reasons it appears desirable to present a unified treatment of the entire solar atmosphere, both active and quiet, in a single volume. On the other hand, such a treatise must be very long if it is to avoid being superficial, and it is very difficult for a single author to write authoritatively on such a wide range of topics.
NASA Technical Report
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Category : Aerodynamics
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Aerodynamics
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Stellar Chromospheres
Author: International Astronomical Union. Colloquium
Publisher:
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Category : Stars
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Conference on stellar chromospheres and their compositions.
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Category : Stars
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Conference on stellar chromospheres and their compositions.
Literature 1979, Part 1
Author: Siegfried Böhme
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662123169
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662123169
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description