Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate
The atmosphere is critical to climate change It can amplify shifts in the climate system, and also mitigate them This primer offers a short, reader friendly introduction to these atmospheric processes and how they work, written by a leading expert on the subject Giving readers an overview of key atmospheric processes, David Randall looks at how our climate system receives energy from the sun and sheds it by emitting infrared radiation back into space The atmosphere regulates these radiative energy flows and transports energy through weather systems such as thunderstorms, monsoons, hurricanes, and winter storms Randall explains how these processes work, and also how precipitation, cloud formation, and other phase changes of water strongly influence weather and climate He discusses how atmospheric feedbacks affect climate change, how the large scale atmospheric circulation works, how predicting the weather and the climate are fundamentally different challenges, and much This is the ideal introduction for students and nonspecialists No prior experience in atmospheric science is needed, only basic college physics Authoritative and concise, Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate features a glossary of terms, suggestions for further reading, and easy to follow explanations of a few key equations This accessible primer is the essential introduction to atmospheric processes and the vital role they play in our climate system. Best Read Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate author David A. Randall For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr It lays out the basics quite well Maybe not a book for the lay person, but a broad basic math and science background should be enough to follow the case for how climates change in response to increased greenhouse gases.
- English
- 10 July 2017 David A. Randall
- Paperback
- 288 pages
- 0691143757
- David A. Randall
- Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate