An Introduction to Planetary Atmospheres

Providing a much-needed resource for this cross-disciplinary field, this text presents current knowledge on atmospheres and the fundamental mechanisms operating on them. It offers a unified scheme of the chemical and physical processes occurring in atmospheres and extends the theoretical foundations of an atmospheric topic to all planets and satellites with an atmosphere. The text provides an up-to-date comparative vision of the phenomena in atmospheres that encompasses the latest planetary space mission discoveries. It also reviews the observational methods and current facilities used to explore planetary atmospheres on Earth and in space.

Author: Agustin Sanchez-Lavega
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 09/07/2010
Pages: 632
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781420067323

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2011 pg. 288

About the Author

Agustín Sánchez-Lavega is a professor of physics, head of the Department of Applied Physics I, and head of the Planetary Sciences Group at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in Bilbao, Spain. Between 2004 and 2006, he was a member of the Solar System Working Group of the European Space Agency. Dr. Sánchez-Lavega has authored more than 150 papers on the subject in refereed journals.