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Climate Change Past, Present, and Future

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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

10.04.2015

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

410

Maße (L/B/H)

28/21,6/2,2 cm

Gewicht

1027 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-70851-4

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

10.04.2015

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

410

Maße (L/B/H)

28/21,6/2,2 cm

Gewicht

1027 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-70851-4

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Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: Climate Change
  • Foreword xiii
     
    Acknowledgements xv
     
    About the companion website xvii
     
    Introduction 1
     
    PART I: THE CLIMATE ENGINE OF THE EARTH: ENERGY 5
     
    1. Why are there many different climates on Earth? 7
     
    2. Different climates . . . such diversity of life 11
     
    2.1. The different climates on Earth 11
     
    2.2. Climates, biomes and biodiversity 13
     
    2.3. Climate and society 17
     
    3. From a patchwork of climates to an average climate 19
     
    3.1. Temperature and thermal equilibrium 19
     
    3.2. The average temperature of the Earth's surface 21
     
    3.3. Precipitation 24
     
    3.4. Wind 25
     
    3.5. Three major items in energy consumption 26
     
    4. The global mean climate 27
     
    4.1. The Sun, source of energy 27
     
    4.2. The energy equilibrium at the Earth's surface 28
     
    5. Atmosphere and ocean: key factors in climate equilibrium 33
     
    5.1. Driving forces 34
     
    5.2. The atmosphere 34
     
    5.3. The oceans 42
     
    5.4. Heat transport from the Equator to the poles 51
     
    Part I: Summary 53
     
    Part I: Notes 54
     
    Part I: Further reading 54
     
    PART II: MORE ON THE ENERGY BALANCE OF THE PLANET 55
     
    6. Thermal radiation, solar and terrestrial radiation 57
     
    6.1. Thermal radiation from a black body 57
     
    6.2. The laws of black?]body radiation 58
     
    6.3. Solar and terrestrial radiation 59
     
    7. The impact of the atmosphere on radiation 61
     
    7.1. Scattering and reflection 61
     
    7.2. Absorption by a gas - the cut?]off approximation 62
     
    7.3. Absorption of solar and terrestrial radiation by atmospheric gases 64
     
    7.4. Direct transfer by the atmosphere 68
     
    7.5. Major atmospheric constituents involved in radiative transfer 69
     
    8. Radiative transfer through the atmosphere 73
     
    8.1. Three radiative mechanisms that heat or cool the Earth's surface 73
     
    8.2. The greenhouse effect 78
     
    8.3. Radiative transfer: the roles of the different constituents 83
     
    8.4. The radiation balance of the Earth 86
     
    9. The energy balance 87
     
    9.1. The energy balance at the surface of the Earth in the single?]layer model 87
     
    9.2. The Earth's energy balance at equilibrium 89
     
    9.3. The impact of human activity 91
     
    9.4. The present unbalanced global energy budget 91
     
    10. Climate forcing and feedback 93
     
    10.1. Climate forcing 93
     
    10.2. Feedbacks 95
     
    10.3. Climate sensitivity 98
     
    11. Climate modelling 99
     
    11.1. The Energy Balance and Radiative-Convective Models 99
     
    11.2. Three-dimensional Atmosphere Global Circulation Models 101
     
    11.3. Three-dimensional models: ever-increasing refinements 103
     
    11.4. Climate models - what for? 104
     
    Part II. Summary 105
     
    Part II. Notes 106
     
    Part II. Further reading 107
     
    PART III: THE DIFFERENT CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE 109
     
    12. The choice of approach 111
     
    13. The Sun's emission 115
     
    13.1. The impact on the climate 115
     
    13.2. How emission varies 115
     
    13.3. What are the consequences? 117
     
    14. The position of the Earth with respect to the Sun 119
     
    14.1. An overview 119
     
    14.2. Irradiance, determined by orbital parameters 120
     
    14.3. Changes in obliquity: the impact on the seasons 120
     
    14.4. Changes in the Earth's orbit and eccentricity: the impact on the Earth-Sun distance 122
     
    14.5. Precession of the axis of rotation: the impact on the Earth-Sun distance at different seasons 124
     
    14.6. Chan