Advances in Geophysics
Published on 1. January 1959
470 pages
978-0-08-056834-8 (ISBN)
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Advances in Geophysics
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- Front Cover
- Atmospheric Diffusion and Air Pollution
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Foreword by General Editors
- Foreword by Volume Editors
- Part A: General Survey of Atmospheric Diffusion and Pollution
- Chapter 1. Urban Air Pollution
- Chapter 2. Meteorological Aspects of Radioactivity Pollution
- Chapter 3. General Survey of Atmospheric Diffusion
- Part B: Recent Findings on Atmospheric Turbulence
- Chapter 4. One-dimensional Spectra of Atmospheric Turbulence in the Lowest 100 Metres
- Chapter 5. Boundary Layer Turbulence and External Parameters
- Chapter 6. Some Current Work on Turbulence in the First Few Thousand Feet above Ground
- Chapter 7. Measurements of Turbulence Structure near the Ground within the Frequency Range from 0.5 to 0.1 Cycles sec¯1
- Chapter 8. The Isotropic Limit and the Microscale of Turbulence
- Part C: Theory of Turbulent Diffusion
- Chapter 9. The Present Position in the Theory of Turbulent Diffusion
- Chapter 10. Description of Turbulence in Terms of Lagrangian Variables
- Chapter 11. Statistical Properties of a Fluctuating Plume Dispersion Model
- Chapter 12. Statistical Mechanics and Theoretical Models of Diffusion Processes
- Chapter 13. Diffusion from a Continuous Source in Relation to a Finite Observation Interval
- Chapter 14. Progress Report on Some Turbulent Diffusion Research
- Chapter 15. Diffusion of Particles in Turbulent Flow
- Chapter 16. The Dependence of Eddy Diffusivity on the Fluid Prandtl Number
- Chapter 17. A Random Walk with both Lagrangian and Eulerian Statistics
- Part D: Diffusion of Heavy or Finite Particles
- Chapter 18. Physical Considerations on Heavy-particle Diffusion
- Chapter 19. The Turbulent Spread of a Falling Cluster
- Part E: Transfer through the Troposphere and Stratosphere
- Chapter 20.The Measurement of Turbulent Transfer in the Lower Atmosphere
- Chapter 21. The Effect of Compressibility on the Turbulent Transport of Heat in a Stably Stratified Atmosphere
- Chapter 22. On Reynolds Stress, Turbulent Diffusion and the Velocity Profile in a Stratified Fluid
- Chapter 23. Wind Profile, Surface Stress and Geostrophic Drag Coefficients in the Atmospheric Surface Layer
- Chapter 24. Vertical Motion and the Transfer of Heat and Momentum near the Ground
- Chapter 25. The Frequency Distribution of Vertical Diffusion Coefficients for Vapour at 35 m. Height
- Chapter 26. Transport in the Stratosphere and through the Tropopause
- Chapter 27. On the Use of Cosmic Ray Produced Isotopes for Studying Large-scale Circulations in the Atmosphere
- Chapter 28. The Use of Tritium in the Study of Vertical Exchange in the Atmosphere
- Chapter 29. Buoyant Transfer in a Stable Environment
- Part F: Effects of Thermal Stratification on Diffusion
- Chapter 30.The Problem of Diffusion in a Stratified Fluid
- Chapter 31. Horizontal Diffusion due to Turbulent Convection
- Chapter 32. The Effects of Thermal Stratification on Turbulent Diffusion in the Atmospheric Surface Layer
- Part G: Pollution Patterns from Point and Area Sources
- Chapter 33. Smoke Propagation in the Surface Layer of the Atmosphere
- Chapter 34. Diffusion from a Continuous Source in Relation to the Spectrum and Scale of Turbulence
- Chapter 35. The Emission, Dispersion, and Deposition of Ragweed Pollen
- Chapter 36. Analysis of Diffusion Studies at O'Neill
- Chapter 38. Large-scale Diffusion from an Oil Fire
- Chapter 39. Carbon Dioxide in Study of Medium Scale Diffusion
- Chapter 40. On an Apparent Paradox in the Theory of Vertically Rising Jets
- Chapter 41. Comparison of Concentration Measurements of Sulphur Dioxide and Fluorescent Pigment
- Chapter 42. Turbulent Diffusion in the Surface Layer under Stable Stratification
- Chapter 43. On the Boundary Condition on the Earth Surface for Diffusing Pollution
- Part H: Review and Conclusions
- Chapter 44. Introductory Remarks by Chairman
- Chapter 45. Lagrangian Correlation and some Difficulties in Turbulent Diffusion Experiments
- Chapter 46. Some Reflections on the Theoretical Problems Raised at the Symposium
- Editors' Review
- Author Index
- Subject Index
