By Jonathan Adams
Книга в доступном виде излагает взгляды на проблему, каким образом глоабльная растительность контролирует свое местообитание. Отталкиваясь от общих принципов распространения растительности, которые обычно трактуются как пассивный отклик на климат, авторы переходят с локального (микроклимат, формируемый растениями) на региональный и глобальный уровни. Рассмотрено влияние растений (как суши, так и океана) на формирование облаков и осадков, состава парниковых газов атмосферы. Исследованы обратные связи, стабилизирующие либо дестабилизирующие глобальную природную среду, в контексте изменений недавнего геологического прошлого и ближайшего будущего. Обсуждаются типичные заблуждения по поводу роли растительности и лесозаготовок в процессе расширения пустынь.
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In practice, the vertical velocity is often found from the divergence of the horizontal wind, much as we use ∇ · J = 0 to find the electric field. 26) we have the important result that the number of electrons per unit volume must be almost equal to the number of positive ions of all types ne ∼ = ions nj This means we can define a plasma density n, which is equal to both ne ne and j nj . 27a) and derive the equations that determine the electrodynamic response of a partially ionized plasma to applied steady forces.
And thus collisions are still very important. 36c) are all perpendicular to the forces that drive them. Furthermore, since the first term does not depend on the charge, it is identical for ions and electrons. The ions and electrons move together at the “E × B” velocity in a collisionless plasm, and no net current flows in response to an applied electric field. Thus, Ohm’s law in its usual form is of little use in a collisionless magnetized plasma. 36c). Ignoring ∇n and g, we express all the remaining variables in earth-fixed coordinates: Vj − U ⊥ = [(E + U × B) × B]/B2 44 The Earth’s Ionosphere: Plasma Physics and Electrodynamics Carrying out the triple cross product, [(U × B) × B] /B2 = −U⊥ and so Vj ⊥ = E × B/B2 This equation shows that in the collisionless case the plasma moves at the E × B velocity in any reference frame, provided the electric field and velocity are expressed in that reference frame.