Understanding Global Climate Change: Modelling the Climatic System and Human Impacts

ISBN-13: 9780367195915 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 428 str.

Arthur P. Cracknell; Costas A. Varotsos

Opis

The availability of climate-related data and computer modelling is a key factor in observing and analyzing climate change. Using a combination of ground data, satellite data, and human impacts, this second edition discusses the current state of climate research at a global scale, and establishes a background for future discussions.

Spis treści

The Great Global Warming Scare. The Atmosphere. The Hydrosphere. The biosphere, lithosphere, and cryosphere. Energy, the Driver of the Climate System. Climate data, analysis, modelling. The IPCC and its recommendations. Climate Change - Energy resources - nuclear accidents. References. Index.