*Thermal Physics of the Atmosphere* offers a concise and thorough introduction on how basic thermodynamics naturally leads on to advanced topics in atmospheric physics. The book starts by covering the basics of thermodynamics and its applications in atmospheric science.ย The later chapters describe
Thermal Physics of the Atmosphere (Ambaum/Thermal Physics of the Atmosphere) || Ideal Gases
โ Scribed by Ambaum, Maarten H. P.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 184 KB
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISBN
- 0470745150
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โฆ Synopsis
Ideal gases
In this chapter we introduce the concept of an ideal gas, a gas of noninteracting molecules. An ideal gas is an accurate model of dilute gases such as the atmosphere.
We further introduce the notion of macroscopic variables, amongst them such familiar ones as temperature or pressure. These macroscopic variables must be related to some property of the microscopic state of the molecules that make up the substance. For example, for the systems we consider here, temperature is related to the mean kinetic energy of the molecules. The linking of the macroscopic and microscopic worlds is the subject of statistical mechanics. In this chapter we give an elementary application of it to ideal gases.
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