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.
Author(s): Andreas Dörnbrack (auth.), Ulrich Schumann (eds.)
Series: Research Topics in Aerospace
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 877
Tags: Geophysics and Environmental Physics;Atmospheric Sciences;Aerospace Technology and Astronautics;Analytical Chemistry
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Atmosphere: Vast, Shallow, and Full of Subtleties....Pages 3-16
Chemical Composition of the Atmosphere....Pages 17-35
Aerosols in the Atmosphere....Pages 37-53
Earth’s Radiation Budget: The Driver for Weather and Climate....Pages 55-67
Light Scattering on Molecules in the Atmosphere....Pages 69-83
Greenhouse Effect, Radiative Forcing and Climate Sensitivity....Pages 85-100
Thunderstorms: Thermodynamics and Organization....Pages 101-114
Thunderstorms: Trace Species Generators....Pages 115-133
Ice Supersaturation....Pages 135-150
Atmospheric Ice Formation Processes....Pages 151-167
Detection and Analysis of Water Vapor Transport....Pages 169-184
Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants....Pages 185-201
Atmospheric Acoustics....Pages 203-217
Aircraft Wake Vortices: From Fundamental Research to Operational Application....Pages 219-237
Contrails: Visible Aviation Induced Climate Impact....Pages 239-257
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Measurements of Nitrogen Oxides and Related Trace Gases....Pages 261-276
Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometric Measurements of Atmospheric Trace Gases....Pages 277-296
In Situ Measurement Methods for Atmospheric Aerosol Particles and Cloud Elements....Pages 297-315
Dropsondes and Radiosondes for Atmospheric Measurements....Pages 317-329
Lightning Detection....Pages 331-346
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Cloud and Precipitation Radar....Pages 347-361
Weather Nowcasting and Short Term Forecasting....Pages 363-380
Lagrangian Modeling of Transport and Dispersion of Air Constituents....Pages 381-399
Radiative Transfer: Methods and Applications....Pages 401-415
Ice Cloud Properties From Space....Pages 417-432
Contrail Detection in Satellite Images....Pages 433-447
Lidar for Aerosol Remote Sensing....Pages 449-464
Measuring Water Vapor with Differential Absorption Lidar....Pages 465-476
Aerosol Classification by Advanced Backscatter Lidar Techniques....Pages 477-486
Wind Lidar for Atmospheric Research....Pages 487-507
Tunable Light Sources for Lidar Applications....Pages 509-527
Advanced Numerical Modeling of Turbulent Atmospheric Flows....Pages 529-542
Cloud Resolving Modeling of Contrail Evolution....Pages 543-559
Global Atmospheric Aerosol Modeling....Pages 561-576
Earth System Modeling....Pages 577-590
Evaluating Climate-Chemistry Response and Mitigation Options with AirClim....Pages 591-606
Front Matter....Pages 607-607
The Transition From FALCON to HALO Era Airborne Atmospheric Research....Pages 609-624
The Eyjafjalla Eruption in 2010 and the Volcanic Impact on Aviation....Pages 625-644
Mitigating the Impact of Adverse Weather on Aviation....Pages 645-659
Probabilistic Weather Forecasting....Pages 661-673
Front Matter....Pages 607-607
Aircraft Emissions at Cruise and Plume Processes....Pages 675-692
Cirrus Clouds and Their Representation in Models....Pages 693-710
Climate Impact of Transport....Pages 711-725
Climate Optimized Air Transport....Pages 727-746
Recent and Future Evolution of the Stratospheric Ozone Layer....Pages 747-761
How Good are Chemistry-Climate Models?....Pages 763-779
Methane Modeling: From Process Modeling to Global Climate Models....Pages 781-797
Towards a Greenhouse Gas Lidar in Space....Pages 799-813
The Spaceborne Wind Lidar Mission ADM-Aeolus....Pages 815-827
Cloud-Aerosol-Radiation Interaction: Towards the EarthCARE Satellite Mission....Pages 829-842
Roots, Foundation, and Achievements of the “Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre”....Pages 843-860
Back Matter....Pages 861-877
