Introduction to Climate Science
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Introduction to Climate Science

Tác giả: Andreas Schmittner

Nhà xuất bản: Project Gutenberg

Thể loại: Khoa học công nghệ

Định dạng: Epub

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Ngày cập nhật: 14/04/2021

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Book Description: This book describes how Earth's climate is changing, how it has been changing in the recent geological past and how it may change in the future. It covers the physical sciences that build the foundations of our current understanding of global climate change such as radiation, Earth's energy balance, the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle. Both natural and human causes for climate change are discussed. Impacts of climate change on natural and human systems are summarized. Ethical and economical aspects of human-caused climate change and solutions are presented.Traffic analytics interactive report

  1. Preface

  2. Acknowledgements

  3. Dedication

  4. Content

    1. 1. Weather

      1. a) Weather and Climate
      2. b) The Climate System
      3. c) Processes
      4. References
    2. 2. Observations

      1. a) Atmosphere
      2.  b) Cryosphere
      3. c) Ocean
      4. d) Carbon Cycle
      5. References
      6. Links
    3. 3. Paleoclimate

      1. a) Methods
      2. b) The Last Two Millennia
      3. c) The Holocene
      4. d) The Ice Ages
    4. 4. Theory

      1. a) Electromagnetic Radiation
      2. b) The Greenhouse Effect
      3. c) Earth’s Energy Budget
      4. d) Radiative Forcings, Feedback Processes, and Climate Sensitivity
      5. References
    5. 5. Carbon

      1. a) The Natural Carbon Cycle
      2. b) Anthropogenic Carbon
      3. c) Carbonate Chemistry and Ocean Acidification
      4. References
      5. Additional Material
    6. 6. Processes

      1. a) Atmospheric Circulation
      2. b) The Hydrologic Cycle
      3. c) Ocean Circulation
      4. References
    7. 7. Models

      1. a) Construction
      2. b) Evaluation
      3. c) Applications
      4. References
    8. 8. Impacts

      1. a) Projections
      2. b) Ecosystems
      3. c) Long-Term Changes
      4. d) Regional Changes
      5.  e) Extremes
      6. f) Impacts on Humans
      7. References
    9. 9. Economics

      1. Economics and the climate change challenge:  Understanding incentives and policies
    10. 10. Ethics

      1. Do We Have a Moral Responsibility to Stop Global Temperature Rise?[footnote]Adapted from Moore and Nelson (2010, 2012)[/footnote]
    11. 11. Solutions

      1. a) Technology
      2. b) Politics
      3. c) Personal Actions
      4. d) Adaptation
      5. References
  5. Glossary

  6. Creative Commons License

  7. Recommended Citations

  8. Versioning