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The Fluid Environment of the Earth

Atmosphere and Ocean

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Authors:
  1. Guido Visconti

    1. Physical and Chemical Sciences, Università dell'Aquila, Coppito, Italy

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  • Unique treatment of biogeochemical cycles & ocean chemistry history of salinity

  • Illustration of sea-atmosphere interaction, including monsoons, hurricanes and ENSO

  • Perspective on the origins/impacts of carbon dioxide fluctuations, succinct summary of Solar System fluid environments

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The book is conceived at two levels. An introductory one intended for undergraduate and/or environmental studies students and the other (in the appendix) for advanced students (graduate). The book is different from others on the same subject which are either too descriptive or too much specialized. Beside there are large sections on biogeochemistry not usually found in other textbooks. Whenever possible an approach based on entropy considerations is introduced. The book includes a quite classical introduction to the thermodynamics of ocean and atmosphere, then the circulation of the ocean and atmosphere, the connection climate-chemistry with main emphasis on the carbon dioxide problem. The chemistry is also considered in connection with the polluted atmosphere and ocean and  particulate in the atmosphere . A chapter is dedicated to the biogeochemical cycles which are solved both with the integration of a system of equations or matrix algebra. An original chapter is dedicated to sea-atmosphere interactions which includes the monsoons meteorology, hurricanes and the ENSO phenomena. Finally a concise description of the fluid environments in the Solar System is given.

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Environment in the Solar System

    • Guido Visconti
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Fluid Environment of the Earth

    • Guido Visconti
    Pages 17-37

  4. Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere and the Ocean

    • Guido Visconti
    Pages 39-56

  5. Chemical Kinetics

    • Guido Visconti
    Pages 57-68

  6. Fluid Dynamics

    • Guido Visconti
    Pages 69-99

  7. General Circulation of the Atmosphere

    • Guido Visconti
    Pages 101-135

  8. General Circulation of the Ocean

    • Guido Visconti
    Pages 137-158

  9. Biogeochemical Cycles

    • Guido Visconti
    Pages 159-183

  10. Greenhouse Effect-Chemistry Climate Connection

    • Guido Visconti
    Pages 185-221

  11. The Perturbed Atmosphere

    • Guido Visconti
    Pages 223-249

  12. Some Chemistry of the Sea

    • Guido Visconti
    Pages 251-274

  13. Aerosols, Clouds and Rain

    • Guido Visconti
    Pages 275-309

  14. Atmosphere–Sea Interactions

    • Guido Visconti
    Pages 311-338

  15. The Fluid Environment in the Solar System

    • Guido Visconti
    Pages 339-378

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 379-384
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Physical and Chemical Sciences, Università dell'Aquila, Coppito, Italy

    Guido Visconti

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Fluid Environment of the Earth

  • Book Subtitle: Atmosphere and Ocean

  • Authors: Guido Visconti

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31539-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-31538-1Published: 25 July 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-31541-1Due: 08 August 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-31539-8Published: 24 July 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 384

  • Number of Illustrations: 144 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Earth System Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Oceanography

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