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General Characteristics and Classification of Processes in the Earth-Atmosphere System

General Characteristics and Classification of Processes in the Earth-Atmosphere System

Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 42
ISBN13: 9781522526360|ISBN10: 1522526366|EISBN13: 9781522526377
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2636-0.ch002
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Vitaliy Prusov and Anatoliy Doroshenko. "General Characteristics and Classification of Processes in the Earth-Atmosphere System." Computational Techniques for Modeling Atmospheric Processes, IGI Global, 2018, pp.45-86. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2636-0.ch002

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V. Prusov & A. Doroshenko (2018). General Characteristics and Classification of Processes in the Earth-Atmosphere System. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2636-0.ch002

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Vitaliy Prusov and Anatoliy Doroshenko. "General Characteristics and Classification of Processes in the Earth-Atmosphere System." In Computational Techniques for Modeling Atmospheric Processes. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2636-0.ch002

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Abstract

Atmospheric processes affect the heat flows coming from above, from space, and from below, from the earth's surface. The solar radiation that comes to Earth from outer space is the main source of energy of atmospheric processes. It is the radiant energy of the Sun that is converted into heat in the atmosphere and at the Earth's surface, kinetic energy, and other forms of energy. But the Sun's rays heat the earth's surface larger than the air directly, so between the earth's surface and the atmosphere, there is lively exchange of heat as well as moisture. The structure of the earth's surface and its relief are very important for these processes. The chapter presents the picture of heat and the moisture circulation in the atmosphere and gives physical basics of atmospheric general circulation including fundamentals of air mass circulation, local physiographic impact on the atmospheric air movement, in-mass atmospheric processes, and basic laws of pollution spreading in the atmosphere.

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