Ebook: Atmospheric thermodynamics

Presents information on these most damaging of all natural disasters from the perspective of basic meterology and environmental science, including floodplains, aquifers, tsunamis, the cost of floods, and prevention Introduction : Conservation of energy -- Ideal gas law : Pressure and absolute temperature -- Specific heats and enthalpy : Adiabatic processes -- Entropy -- Water and its transformations -- Moist air and clouds -- Energy, momentum, and mass transfer