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Atmospheric Physics

Background – Methods – Trends

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  • Presents more than 51 outstanding contributions of DLR-IPA to Atmospheric science
  • Gives a specific reference to Aerospace aspects
  • Prepared for educated laymen readers
  • Understandable without the need to read references
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Research Topics in Aerospace (RTA)

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Table of contents (51 chapters)

  1. Methods

    1. In Situ Measurement Methods for Atmospheric Aerosol Particles and Cloud Elements

      • Andreas Minikin, Andreas Petzold, Bernadett Weinzierl, Jean-François Gayet
      Pages 297-315
    2. Lightning Detection

      • Hartmut Höller, Hans-Dieter Betz, Ullrich Finke, Kersten Schmidt
      Pages 331-346
    3. Cloud and Precipitation Radar

      • Martin Hagen, Hartmut Höller, Kersten Schmidt
      Pages 347-361
    4. Weather Nowcasting and Short Term Forecasting

      • Arnold Tafferner, Caroline Forster
      Pages 363-380
    5. Lagrangian Modeling of Transport and Dispersion of Air Constituents

      • Robert Baumann, Hans Schlager
      Pages 381-399
    6. Radiative Transfer: Methods and Applications

      • Bernhard Mayer, Claudia Emde, Robert Buras, Arve Kylling
      Pages 401-415
    7. Ice Cloud Properties From Space

      • Luca Bugliaro, Hermann Mannstein, Stephan Kox
      Pages 417-432
    8. Contrail Detection in Satellite Images

      • Hermann Mannstein, Margarita Vázquez-Navarro, Kaspar Graf, David P. Duda, Ulrich Schumann
      Pages 433-447
    9. Lidar for Aerosol Remote Sensing

      • Matthias Wiegner
      Pages 449-464
    10. Aerosol Classification by Advanced Backscatter Lidar Techniques

      • Silke Groß, Martin Wirth, Michael Esselborn
      Pages 477-486
    11. Wind Lidar for Atmospheric Research

      • Oliver Reitebuch
      Pages 487-507
    12. Advanced Numerical Modeling of Turbulent Atmospheric Flows

      • Christian Kühnlein, Andreas Dörnbrack, Thomas Gerz
      Pages 529-542
    13. Cloud Resolving Modeling of Contrail Evolution

      • Simon Unterstrasser, Ingo Sölch, Klaus Gierens
      Pages 543-559
    14. Global Atmospheric Aerosol Modeling

      • Johannes Hendricks, Mattia Righi, Valentina Aquila
      Pages 561-576
    15. Earth System Modeling

      • Patrick Jöckel
      Pages 577-590
  2. Research Trends

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 607-607

About this book

 On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), this book presents more than 50 chapters highlighting results of the institute’s research.

The book provides an up-to-date, in-depth survey across the entire field of atmospheric science, including atmospheric dynamics, radiation, cloud physics, chemistry, climate, numerical simulation, remote sensing, instruments and measurements, as well as atmospheric acoustics.

The authors have provided a readily comprehensible and self-contained presentation of the complex field of atmospheric science. The topics are of direct relevance for aerospace science and technology. Future research challenges are identified.

Editors and Affiliations

  • und Raumfahrt, DLR-Institut fuer Physik der Atmosphaere, Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft-, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

    Ulrich Schumann

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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