Microclimate for Cultural Heritage

Dario Camuffo (Eds.)9780444829252, 0444829253

This is a useful microphysics handbook for conservators and specialists in physics, chemistry, architecture, engineering, geology and biology dealing with the environment and works of art. A rigourous treatment and a background familiarity with the underlying physics behind mathematics are covered, giving a detailed description and interpretation of the main microphysical phenomena, removing unsound popular beliefs. The basis are given for non-destructive diagnostics to evaluate causes of damage determined by atmoshpheric factors, as well as negative consequences of the unsound use of technology and mass tourism. To this aim, suggestions are given on the fundamental principles in designing heating, air conditioning, lighting and in reducing the deposition of pollutants on works of art. Theory and experience are coupled to describe the complex condensation mechanisms and the fundamental role played by water in the stone deterioration and the formation of crusts on monuments. Urban meteorology, air-surface interactions, atmospheric stability, dispersion and deposition of airborne pollutants are also key topics of this book, for which the main aim has been to make comprehensible to a wider audience a matter that is only familiar to a few specialists.
This book combines a theoretical background with many years of accurate laboratory research, field surveys and practice. The first part, devoted to applied theory, is a concise treatise on microphysics, which includes a survey on the basic ideas which are necessary for environmental diagnostic and conservation. The second part of the book focuses on the practical utilisation and shows in detail how field surveys should be performed, with many suggestions and examples and the indication of some common errors that should be avoided.

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Table of contents :
Content:
Foreword
Page v
R.E. Munn

Preface
Page vii

Acknowledgments
Pages viii-ix

Chapter 1 Microclimate, air and temperature Original Research Article
Pages 3-41

Chapter 2 Humidity Original Research Article
Pages 42-89

Chapter 3 Parameters for describing air masses and vertical motions Original Research Article
Pages 91-102

Chapter 4 Radiation and light Original Research Article
Pages 103-127

Chapter 5 Physics of drop formation and micropore condensation Original Research Article
Pages 129-160

Chapter 6 Atmospheric water and stone weathering Original Research Article
Pages 161-193

Chapter 7 Atmospheric stability and pollutant dispersion Original Research Article
Pages 195-234

Chapter 8 Dry deposition of airborne particulate matter: Mechanisms and effects Original Research Article
Pages 235-292

Chapter 9 Introduction to field measurements
Pages 295-314

Chapter 10 Measuring temperature Original Research Article
Pages 315-340

Chapter 11 Measuring humidity Original Research Article
Pages 341-361

Chapter 12 Measuring wind and indoor air motions Original Research Article
Pages 363-380

Chapter 13 Measuring rainfall and windborne droplets Original Research Article
Pages 381-390

References
Pages 391-406

References index
Pages 407-409

Subject index
Pages 411-415