Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
List of Symbols
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Microenvironments
1.2 Energy Exchange
1.3 Mass and Momentum Transport
1.4 Conservation of Energy and Mass
1.5 Continuity in the Biosphere
1.6 Models, Heterogeneity, and Scale
1.7 Applications
1.8 Units
References
Problems
Chapter 2 Temperature
2.1 Typical Behavior of Atmospheric and Soil Temperature
2.2 Random Temperature Variation
2.3 Modeling Vertical Variation in Air Temperature
2.4 Modeling Temporal Variation in Air Temperature
2.5 Soil Temperature Changes with Depth and Time
2.6 Temperature and Biological Development
2.7 Thermal Time
2.8 Calculating Thermal Time from Weather Data
2.9 Temperature Extremes and the Computation of Thermal
Time
2.10 Normalization of Thermal Time
2.1 1 Thermal Time in Relation To Other Environmental
Variables
References
Problems
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