TY - GEN AU - Sanchez-Lavega,Agustin TI - Introduction to planetary atmospheres SN - 9781032918082 U1 - 551.51 PY - 2024/// CY - Boca Raton, FL PB - CRC Press, Taylor & Francis KW - Planets KW - Atmospheres KW - Textbooks N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 573-575) and index N2 - Planetary atmospheres is a relatively new, interdisciplinary subject that incorporates various areas of the physical and chemical sciences, including geophysics, geophysical fluid dynamics, atmospheric science, astronomy, and astrophysics. Providing a much-needed resource for this cross-disciplinary field, An Introduction to Planetary Atmospheres presents current knowledge on atmospheres and the fundamental mechanisms operating on them. The author treats the topics in a comparative manner among the different solar system bodies—what is known as comparative planetology. Based on an established course, this comprehensive text covers a panorama of solar system bodies and their relevant general properties. It explores the origin and evolution of atmospheres, along with their chemical composition and thermal structure. It also describes cloud formation and properties, mechanisms in thin and upper atmospheres, and meteorology and dynamics. Each chapter focuses on these atmospheric topics in the way classically done for the Earth’s atmosphere and summarizes the most important aspects in the field. The study of planetary atmospheres is fundamental to understanding the origin of the solar system, the formation mechanisms of planets and satellites, and the day-to-day behavior and evolution of Earth’s atmosphere. With many interesting real-world examples, this book offers a unified vision of the chemical and physical processes occurring in planetary atmospheres. Ancillaries are available at www.ajax.ehu.es/planetary_atmospheres UR - https://books.google.co.in/books?id=IpaNEQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PT5#v=onepage&q&f=false UR - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9489389-an-introduction-to-planetary-atmospheres?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13#CommunityReviews ER -