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Presenting the quantum mechanical theory of pressure broadening and its application in atmospheric science, this is a unique treatment of the topic and a useful resource for researchers and professionals alike. Rayer proceeds from molecular processes to broad scale atmospheric physics to bring together both sides of the problem of remote sensing. Explanations of the relationship between a series of increasingly general theoretical papers are provided and all key expressions are fully derived to provide a firm understanding of assumptions made as the subject evolved. This book will help the atmospheric physicist to cross into the quantum world and appreciate the more theoretical aspects of line shape and its importance to their own work.

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Author:   Peter Joseph Rayer
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 25.00cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 17.50cm
Weight:   1.230kg
ISBN:  

9781108488044

ISBN 10:   1108488048
Pages:   647
Publication Date:   06 August 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface; Part One. Preparing the Way: 1. Introduction; 2. Fundamental ideas; 3. Molecules at work; Part Two. Broadening Theory: 4. Isolated lines; 5. Overlapping lines; 6. Liouville formalism; Part Three. Atmospheric Spectra: 7. Line shape theory; 8. Absorption by gases; Part Four. The Background: Selection of Material; Appendix 1. State space; Appendix 2. Product space; Appendix 3. Projectors; Appendix 4. Vector operators; Appendix 5. Quantum dynamics; Appendix 6. Scattering theory; Appendix 7. Resolvent methods; Appendix 8. Linear response; Appendix 9. Correlation function; Appendix 10. Complex time; Appendix 11. Absorption; Appendix 12. Multipole moments; Appendix 13. Angular momentum; Appendix 14. The Wigner–Eckart theorem; Appendix 15. Reduced amplitudes; Appendix 16. Units and other matters; Appendix 17. Plasma spectra – pointers; Notes; References; Index.

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Peter Rayer has thirty years of experience as a scientist with the Met Office in the UK. He has undertaken extensive research in modelling atmospheric radiative transfer and has developed a particular interest in fundamental processes at the molecular level.

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