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'It is written by two highly qualified authors who have made substantive contributions to climate science … an accessible survey and a useful addition to the literature; the information contained is well organized.' S. C. Pryor, Choice
Foreword Antonio J. Busalacchi, Jr; Preface; List of abbreviations and acronyms; 1. Earth's climate system; 2. Climate analysis: goals and methods; 3. Climate analysis: atmospheric instruments, observations, and datasets; 4. Climate variability; 5. Climate change; 6. Temperature: building climate datasets; 7. Precipitation: combining in-situ and remotely-sensed observations in constructing climate datasets; 8. Ocean climate datasets; 9. Cryosphere; 10. Land component of the climate system; 11. Climate models as information sources and analysis tools; 12. Operational climate monitoring and prediction; Appendix A. A short guide to some statistics used in climate analysis; Appendix B. Vorticity/divergence, stream function/velocity potential; Appendix C. Preliminary examination of the data; Appendix D. Components of the mean water budget; Glossary; References; Index.
