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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
No detailed description available for "Is the Temperature Rising?".
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (279 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780691187440
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5675519
DDC:
551.5/2
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART ONE -- 1. Between the Idea and the Reality -- 2. Is Our Planet Fragile or Robust? -- PART TWO -- 3. Light and Air -- Earth, Mars, and Venus Compared -- The Scattering of Light -- The Radiation of Light -- The Absorption of Light -- Greenhouse Gases -- The Thermal Structure of the Atmosphere -- Aurora -- 4. Why the Peak of a Mountain Is Cold -- The "Height" of the Atmosphere -- Why Temperatures Decrease with Height -- The Second Law of Thermodynamics -- Atmospheric Pollution -- 5. Capricious Clouds -- Earth's Energy Budget -- The Hydrological Cycle -- Warm and Cold Fronts -- 6. The Climate Tapestry -- Mountain Winds -- Sea Breezes -- Monsoons -- The Hadley Circulation -- The Effects of Land-Sea Contrasts -- 7. Weather, the Music of Our Sphere -- Why There Is Weather -- Models of the Atmosphere -- Predicting the Weather -- The Storm of April Fool's Day 1997: A Case Study -- 8. The Ocean in Motion -- The Thermohaline Circulation -- The Wind-Driven Surface Currents -- Oceanic Weather -- 9. El Niño, La Niña, and the Southern Oscillation -- The Southern Oscillation -- Oceanic Adjustment -- Interactions between Ocean and Atmosphere -- Predicting El Niño -- Modulation of El Niño -- PART THREE -- 10. The Paradox of the Faint Sun but Warm Earth -- 11. Why Summer Is Warmer than Winter -- The Cycles of Seasons and of Ice Ages -- 12. The Ozone Hole, a Cautionary Tale -- The Ozone Hole over Antarctica -- Other Explanations for Ozone Depletion -- 13. Global Warming, Risky Business -- Points of Agreement -- Main Point of Contention -- Is Global Warming Evident Yet? -- What the Models Predict -- Epilogue -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX 1 -- A1.1. Exponential Growth and Decay -- A1.2. Establishing a Chronology -- APPENDIX 2 -- A2.1 Gaia -- A2.2. Chaos -- APPENDIX 3 -- A3.1. Earthshine.
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A3.2. The Scattering of Light -- A3.3. Blackbody Radiation -- A3.4. Effective Temperatures of the Planets -- A3.5. The Greenhouse Effect -- APPENDIX 4 -- A4.1. The Scale Height of the Atmosphere -- A4.2. The Adiabatic Lapse Rate -- APPENDIX 5 -- A5.1. Measuring Moisture in the Atmosphere -- A5.2. Earth's Energy Budget -- A5.3. How Many of Your Molecules Have Been to the Moon? -- APPENDIX 6 -- A6.1. Conservation of Angular Momentum -- A6.2. The Coriolis Force -- A6.3. Shape of Earth -- A6.4. Gradient Winds -- APPENDIX 7 -- A7.1. Predicting the Weather -- APPENDIX 8 -- A8. 1. The Seasonal Thermocline -- A8.2. The Perpetual Salt Fountain -- APPENDIX 9 -- El Niño, La Niña, and the Southern Oscillation -- APPENDIX 10 -- A10.1. Weathering -- AI0.2. Properties of the Planets -- APPENDIX 11 -- Earth's Sensitivity to Perturbations -- APPENDIX 12 -- The Ozone Layer -- APPENDIX 13 -- Global Warming -- GLOSSARY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
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