Elementary Climate Physics

F. W. Taylor

288 pages, parution le 25/07/2005

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Résumé

Climate Physics is a modern subject based on a space-era understanding of the physical properties of the atmosphere and ocean, their planetary-scale history and evolution, new global measurement systems and sophisticated computer models, which collectively make quantitative studies and predictions possible. At the same time, interest in understanding the climate has received an enormous boost from the concern generated by the realization that rapid climate change, much of it forced by the relentless increase in population and industrialization, is potentially a serious threat to the quality of life on Earth. Our ability to resist and overcome any such threat depends directly on our ability to understand what physical effects are involved and to predict how trends may develop. In an introductory course like that presented here, we want to clarify the basics, topic by topic, and see how far we can get by applying relatively simple Physics to the climate problem. This provides a foundation for more advanced work, which we can identify and appreciate at this level although of course a full treatment requires more advanced books, of which there are many.

Readership: Undergraduate and first-year graduate students in atmospheric sciences, geography, geophysics, and environmental studies, in particular climate and climate change.

The text is aimed squarely at undergraduates taking courses on climate physics and requiring an elementary treatment, but with the addition that it will also provide a useful introduction to the subject for first-year graduate students and others entering the field for the first time.

Sommaire

The Climate System
Solar Radiation and the Energy Budget of the Earth
Atmosphere and Climate
Clouds and Aerosols
Ocean and Climate
Radiative Transfer
Earth's Energy Budget: The Greenhouse Effect
The Ozone Layer
Climate Observations by Remote Sensing
Climate Sensitivity and Change
Climate Models and Predictions
Climate on other Planets
Epilogue

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	F. W. Taylor
Parution	25/07/2005
Nb. de pages	288
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	540g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780198567349
ISBN13	978-0-19-856734-9