Assessing Climate Change Temperatures, Solar Radiation, and Heat Balance /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Rapp, Donald (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Σειρά: Springer Praxis Books
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Climatology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Climate change.; Environmental sciences.; Air pollution.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Climate Change.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.; Environmental Physics.

In ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE Donald Rapp has investigated a large body of scientific data relevant to climate change, approaching each element with necessary (but neutral) scientific skepticism. The chapters of the book attempt to answer a number of essential questions in relation to global warming a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Historical variations in the Earth’s climate
• Temperatures in the past millennium
• Temperatures in the past century
• Variability of the Sun
• The Earth’s heat balance and the greenhouse effect
• CO2 production and climate change
• Impacts of global warming
• Global climate change and public policy
• Final remarks.