Flow and Transport in the Natural Environment: Advances and Applications: Advances and Applications

ISBN-13: 9783642738470 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 384 str.

William L. Steffen; Owen T. Denmead

Opis

This up-to-date survey of the knowledge of flow and transport phenomena in the natural environment by twenty-four world authorities deals with processes in soil, plants and the lower layers of the atmosphere, and with some physically similar transport processes in industry. The main topics concern the transport of water and solutes in soils and porous media; the mechanics of soil erosion by wind and water, processes of energy exchange and mass transfer between plants and the atmosphere; turbulent and convective processes in the atmosphere including wind flow over complex terrain and pollutant dispersal; and processes of filtration and sedimentation. Both theoretical and practical aspects of each topic are discussed.

Spis treści

Solute transport and dispersion.- Solute transport and dispersion - Commentary.- Quasianalytic and analytic approaches to unsaturated flow.- Quasianalytic and analytic approaches to unsaturated flow - Commentary.- Measurement of soil physical properties in the field.- Measurement of soil physical properties in the field - Commentary.- Canopy transport processes.- Canopy transport processes - Commentary.- Surface temperature and the surface energy balance.- Surface temperature and the surface energy balance - Commentary.- Stomatal physiology and gas exchange in the field.- Stomatal physiology and gas exchange in the field - Commentary.- Air flow over complex terrain.- Air flow over complex terrain - Commentary.- Convective processes in the lower atmosphere.- Convective processes in the lower atmosphere - Commentary.- Turbulent wakes in the atmospheric boundary layer.- Turbulent wakes in the atmospheric boundary layer - Commentary.- Particulate transport in the atmosphere: wind erosion.- Processes of water erosion.- One-dimensional solid-liquid separation.- One-dimensional solid-liquid separation - Commentary.- Atmospheric dispersion - Observations and Models.- Atmospheric dispersion - Observations and Models - Commentary.