Keywords:
Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Describes the evolution and development of CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research research throughout the years.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (154 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780643101517
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=610569
DDC:
551.5/07/2094
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 The Beginning -- Meteorology in CSIR -- The first research plans -- First appointments -- Research begins -- 2 Consolidation -- Cold fronts and sea breezes -- Monitoring moisture, fighting frost -- Probing the lower atmosphere -- Measuring solar and thermal radiation -- Measuring ozone in the upper atmosphere -- Recorders, radars and radiometers -- 3 Expansion -- Meteorology: from smallest to largest scales -- Modelling the atmosphere: computers and water tanks -- Ozone: high and low -- Tracking radioactive fallout -- Carbon dioxide studies begin -- The growth of aircraft experiments -- The great outdoors -- Development of instruments for field experiments -- 4 Broadened Horizons -- The atmosphere and the oceans in a tank of water -- Outstanding in the field -- What goes up... -- Regional meteorology -- Theories of atmospheric motion -- Climate change: natural and unnatural -- Research active and passive: remote sensing -- Chemistry of the atmosphere -- 5 Capitalising on Investments -- Meteorology: observations and models -- Urban and regional air pollution -- Dynamics of the atmosphere -- Land, air and space: remote sensing -- The changing composition of the atmosphere -- Clouds and precipitation -- Climate modelling and impacts -- Epilogue.
