Exoplanet atmospheres/ (Record no. 176170)
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| fixed length control field | 00362nam a2200133Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780691146454 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 551.5 |
| Item number | SEA/E |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Exoplanet atmospheres/ |
| Sub title | physical processes |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Seager,Sara |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Oxford: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Princeton University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 243 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction --<br/>1.1. Exoplanets from Afar --<br/>1.2. Two Paths to Observing Exoplanet Atmospheres --<br/>1.3. Types of Planets --<br/>2. Intensity and Flux --<br/>2.1. Introduction --<br/>2.2. Intensity --<br/>2.3. Flux and Other Intensity Moments --<br/>2.4. Surface Flux --<br/>2.5. Observed Flux --<br/>2.6. Luminosity and Outgoing Energy --<br/>2.7. Incident Flux and Incident Energy --<br/>2.8. Black Body Intensity and Black Body Flux --<br/>2.9. Lambert Surface --<br/>2.10. Summary --<br/>3. Temperature, Albedos, and Flux Ratios --<br/>3.1. Introduction --<br/>3.2. Energy Balance --<br/>3.3. Planetary Temperatures --<br/>3.4. Planetary Albedos --<br/>3.5. Planet-Star Flux Ratios --<br/>3.6. Planetary Phase Curves --<br/>3.7. Summary --<br/>4. Composition of a Planetary Atmosphere --<br/>4.1. Introduction --<br/>4.2. Composition of Earth's and Jupiter's Atmospheres --<br/>4.3. Chemical Composition. 4.4. Basic Cloud Physics --<br/>4.5. Atmospheric Escape --<br/>4.6. Atmospheric Evolution --<br/>4.7. Summary --<br/>5. Radiative Transfer I: Fundamentals --<br/>5.1. Introduction --<br/>5.2. Opacity --<br/>5.3. Optical Depth --<br/>5.4. Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium --<br/>5.5. The Source Function --<br/>5.6. The Equation of Radiative Transfer --<br/>5.7. Summary --<br/>6. Radiative Transfer II: Solutions --<br/>6.1. Introduction --<br/>6.2. A Conceptual Description of the Emergent Spectrum --<br/>6.3. An Introduction to Line Formation --<br/>6.4. Approximate Solutions to the Plane-Parallel Radiative Transfer Equation --<br/>6.5. Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer --<br/>6.6. Summary --<br/>7. Polarization --<br/>7.1. Introduction --<br/>7.2. Description of Polarized Radiation --<br/>7.3. Polarization Calculations --<br/>7.4. Polarization from Planets --<br/>7.5. Summary --<br/>8. Opacities --<br/>8.1. Introduction --<br/>8.2. Energy Levels in Atoms and Molecules --<br/>8.3. Molecular Absorption Cross Sections. 8.4. Rayleigh Scattering --<br/>8.5. Condensate Opacities --<br/>8.6. Summary --<br/>9. Vertical Thermal Structure of a Planetary Atmosphere --<br/>9.1. Introduction --<br/>9.2. Earth's Vertical Atmospheric Structure --<br/>9.3. Hydrostatic Equilibrium and the Pressure Scale Height --<br/>9.4. Surface Temperature for a Simplified Atmosphere --<br/>9.5. Convection versus Radiation --<br/>9.6. The Radiative Equilibrium Temperature Profile --<br/>9.7. The Adiabatic Temperature Profile --<br/>9.8. The One-Dimensional Temperature-Pressure Profile --<br/>9.9. Temperature Retrieval --<br/>9.10. Summary --<br/>10. Atmospheric Circulation --<br/>10.1. Introduction --<br/>10.2. Radiative and Advective Timescales --<br/>10.3. Large-Scale Flow and Patterns --<br/>10.4. Atmospheric Dynamics Equations --<br/>10.5. Connection to Observations --<br/>10.6. Summary --<br/>11. Atmospheric Biosignatures --<br/>11.1. Introduction --<br/>11.2. Earth's Biosignatures --<br/>11.3. The Ideal Biosignature Gas --<br/>11.4. Prospects --<br/>11.5. Summary |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | AC Sinha Collection |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 551.5 SEA/E | P31170 | 29/08/2016 | General Books |