tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337555368793819627.post5219401175025787335..comments2023-06-07T09:04:36.390-04:00Comments on More Grumbine Science: Recent ReadingRobert Grumbinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10783453972811796911noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337555368793819627.post-74242979383595956062016-06-14T17:25:58.408-04:002016-06-14T17:25:58.408-04:00Thanks for the references Alastair. Looks good. I&...Thanks for the references Alastair. Looks good. I'll look forward to Saussure in translation. <br /><br />Weart is more negative about meteorologists than warranted. It was from that community that I discovered Chandra in the first place, and that was 30 years ago. Robert Grumbinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10783453972811796911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337555368793819627.post-26961630439045019182016-06-13T01:29:33.332-04:002016-06-13T01:29:33.332-04:00Hi Bob,
I took your advice and read some original...Hi Bob,<br /><br />I took your advice and read some original papers and books. Not only that, I have followed William Connolley's example and translated some (Swiss) French into English, viz. Chapter 35 of H-B de Saussure's "Travels in the Alps", and his letter to the <i>Journal de Paris</i> which can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/saussureproject/<br /><br />I've also read several Dover books including: <br />Chandrasekhar, S. Radiative Transfer. New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1960. http://archive.org/details/RadiativeTransfer which you recommended, but Spencer Weart says "It was too subtle and complex for meteorologists.(7)They mostly ignored the astrophysical literature and worked out their own shortcut methods, equations that they could reduce to a sequence of arithmetic exercises to get rough numerical results."<br />Menzel, Donald Howard. Selected Papers on the Transfer of Radiation. Dover Publications, 1966 which contains Schwarzschild's derivation of his equation of radiative transfer, which is still used in all models today. It also contains E. A. Milne's explanation of LTE.<br />Planck, Max. The Theory of Heat Radiation. Translated by Morton Masius. 2nd ed. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1959. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/40030/40030-pdf.pdf. which describes Kirchhoff's universal law, used by Schwarzschild and by Chandrasekhar, and how it needs a speck of carbon to make it work!<br /><br />All very useful in my investigations into radiative transfer. Thank you.<br />Alastairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15152292130415788120noreply@blogger.com