Turbulence and Diffusion in the Atmosphere: Lectures in Environmental Sciences

This book is written mainly for students of meteorology and other specializations of atmospheric science who have had no previous experience in the subject, but basic knowledge of hydrodynamics is assumed. It introduces turbulence theory and modeling related to the structure of the atmospheric boundary layer and includes methods for predicting the impact of industrial activities. The problems and examples have been selected with the intention of broadening the student's understanding of the atmosphere as well as his or her understanding of basic mathematics and the scientific method. In the final appendices the author discusses two models that students can run on a PC. Disks accompanying the book contain the supplementary computer programs.