Radiative Heat Exchange in the Atmosphere

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Front Cover; Radiative Heat Exchange in the Atmosphere; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Note; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. THERMAL RADIATION. BASIC DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS; 1. Basic quantitative characteristics in the field of thermal radiation; 2. Basic laws of thermal radiation; 3. Thermal radiation of real bodies; 4. Basic laws governing the radiative heat exchange between bodies separated by a transparent medium; 5. Equation of transfer of radiant energy for a steady field of radiation; 6. Determination of thermal radiation fluxes in the atmosphere. CHAPTER 2. FUNDAMENTALS OF THE THEORY OF ACTINOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF THERMAL RADIATION FLUXES1. Instruments for the measurement of net radiation and of radiation balance; 2. Interpretation of the results of measurements of net radiation; CHAPTER 3. ABSORPTION OF LONG-WAVE RADIATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE; 1. Absorption of radiation by a single spectral line; 2. Total absorption by a simplified absorption band; 3. Empirical simplification of the absorption of long-wave radiation in the atmosphere; 4. Quantitative characteristics of the absorption of long-wave radiation by water vapour. 5. Absorption of long-wave radiation by carbon dioxide and other polyatomic gases in the atmosphere6. Absorption and transmission functions for diffuse radiation; 7. Integrated absorption function; 8. The selection and simplification of long-wave radiation absorption properties for application to atmospheric problems; CHAPTER 4. CALCULATION OF THE TRANSFER OF THERMAL RADIATION -GENERAL SOLUTION; 1. Transfer of monochromatic radiation; 2. Some properties of the function En; 3. Transfer of non-monochromatic radiation. CHAPTER 5. METHODS OF APPROXIMATE CALCULATION OF RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER IN THE ATMOSPHERE1. Approximate calculation of the diffusivity of radiation; 2. Approximate transfer equations and their use in calculating thermal radiation in the atmosphere; 3. Radiation charts; 4. Results of calculation of the atmospheric thermal radiation fluxes at various altitudes; 5. Outgoing radiation; 6. Radiative heat transfer in clouds; CHAPTER 6. ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION AND THE NET RADIATION AT THE GROUND; 1. Regularities observed in the variation of the net radiation and atmospheric emission. 2. Empirical equations for the calculation of net radiation and atmospheric emission3. Approximate theoretical formulae for the calculation of net radiation and atmospheric emission with a clear sky; 4. Comparison of empirical and theoretical equations for the calculation of net radiation; 5. The effect on the radiative fluxes of the dependence of absorption of pressure and temperature; 6. Effect of thermal radiation of ozone upon the radiation balance of the earth's surface and atmosphere; 7. Angular distribution of the intensity of net radiation and atmospheric emission over the sky